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essaysbyciara · 3 years ago

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Steam [Fireworks Part III] | Erik “Killmonger” Stevens x Reader

FIREWORKS | BIRTHDAY CANDLES

Warnings: alcohol use, lightweight mentions of sexual situations (smut thoughts), a mention of sexual consent (consent is king, y’all.)

We’re back with a part three. I can’t make any guarantees for a part four, to be honest lol. But if you rock with this, let me know and I’ll try my best to continue the Kill x reader series. Peace.

Eggs. Wonder Bread. Turkey bacon. Grits. Orange juice.

The only souls roaming the aisles of D&S SuperSave at this early hour are nurses recently pardoned from their graveyard shifts and old ladies just one or two more rotations around the sun from seeing their own gravestone. Kill’s black t-shirt pairs nicely with your grey biker shorts and Air Max 97s. Almost like you planned this outfit or being in this supermarket at the ass-crack of dawn.

Or gracing the presence of Kill’s crib last night, a rowhome aging gracefully across the street from the supermarket where the weight of your basket -- and the first true test of love languages -- is coaxing you towards the checkout line.

Come thru

Kill heard the low hum of 112’s “Sweet Love” in the background of your IG story and took that as a call to arms. It had been weeks since you both opened up to each other in ways that only folks-with-a-future would do. After the sweet surprise of peach cobbler for your birthday with Kill’s grandmother insistent that you take home a plate or two, you conversed with your IG dream-turned-reality for hours.

About life. About love. About his gym habits. His love for 90s R&B -- from a mother no longer here in the physical. You passed on his offer of a red Solo cup full of Hennessy mixed with lemon-lime Faygo because you “don’t do sugar water.” He liked your moxie. Loved how your havana twists shaped your face and the animated way you swinged that hair as if it grew out of your scalp.

You marveled at Kill’s locs and how he maintained a tight fade. How the humidity of the late evening turned into early morning pooled sweat just beneath his beard. You never dated a man with gold caps -- they shined like glitter under the porchlight. Again, this all-Black outfit as if it ain’t the dead of summer. He was too cool.

You weren’t. Your nerves were like the gnats you desperately tried to swat away. Fluttering like the bundle of shock and awe below your panty line. Crossing your legs not to be a lady but to short a fuse.

Your flame went out once you met the parking lot of your apartment complex. Your night wasn’t supposed to end with Kill walking you to the door of your building. If truly destined, Kill would enter your apartment just so he could enter you.

But you feared jumping a thousand miles a minute and the weeks that followed your birthday treat supported your decision to hit the brakes. No dates commenced in between IG conversations that seemed to be held only during work hours for the both of you -- as if you were a hobby to pass the time with. Kill didn’t hit you with random texts speckled with emojis or sly check-ins -- he double-tapped photos and responded with more fire in your DMs than Smokey The Bear could handle. LOLs and smiley faces. That’s it. Your phone number never got any work. Not even in the slightest.

Until last night.

You bumped into Kill at the shopping plaza that connected your two neighborhoods. You carried an overstuffed container of salmon tikka masala from your favorite Indian spot. Kill’s right hand, the left one full of tequila -- some expensive and some not -- caught you before you could crash your tired body into the driver’s seat of your car.

“Ay, yo…[Y\N]!”

You perked up at the sight of Kill in his work clothes. A green polo shirt, cargo pants and ACG boots. Clean money is good money. Even if it left him dirty at night. He grabbed your wrist with his only free hand, pulling you in a hug. After all that work, he still smelled like the best bad decision you could ever make. Those damn hugs never failed to put you into the ground.

The conversation was brief. Kill mentioned a party. You didn’t have the energy to socialize. Work took every ounce of it from you. Even if it was a Thursday night and you were set to get into a three-day weekend.

“I’ll text you if I change my mind, Kill. I promise”

A hair over midnight and you weren’t over on 46th. You flipped through IG stories to see chicks in scrubs shaking their bundles to “Sum 2 Prove”. All of them looked just a week or two over twenty-one. You tapped yourself on the back for changing your mind as your grey two-piece skirt set and kicks sat in the corner staring at you in bewilderment for even considering them for that occasion.

At almost one a.m., it was a bit late to respond to the ‘come thru’ that Kill just sent you. Curiosity got the best of you.

You still at the party?

Nah. Never left the crib. I saw my cousin’s IG and bailed lmao.

Kill asking you to come over to his house was a bold move you needed a minute to make sense of. The first time he used your phone number to connect with you ... of course it’s for a hook-up. But 112’s “Sweet Love” wasn’t just a song on your favorite album lulling you to relaxation. It mirrored the daydreams with your co-star, Kill. Bodies close, you on the top of him. Drips of all kinds. Anything you need and more. Love, that sweet love. All night long. Until the morning sun. Snapping yourself back into reality after you put your phone down to curse the heavens for making a man so … fucking … fine … as Erik “Kill” Stevens.

Simply put: you ain’t mad that he’s asking.

What’s your address?

“You wear glasses?” At-home Kill was such a surprise. He pushed up his Gucci gold-rimmed frames in a move of bashful agreement as he opened the door fully to his bachelor pad, a house that his favorite uncle passed down to the boy that was like a son. You're greeted by black leather furniture and a PS5 on pause.

“You want something to drink? I got Woodford since you don’t like drinking so-called ‘sugar water’ … and I owe you from the barbecue.”

Such a considerate and mindful king. Maybe he was thinking about you as much as you were thinking about him. Truth is that you didn’t know the half of it.

Kill couldn’t believe that you were in front of him. You made him nervous. Fascinated wasn’t even the right word to use. He didn’t want you to know that he’d make playlists of the songs you would post in your stories. Dreaming to ask you out to dinner or to a movie or a walk around Care Park but his exhausted body wouldn’t let him forgo an after-work nap.

Running into you at the parking lot of Middlemen’s Plaza was kismet on steroids. He bought that bottle of Woodford with hopes that you would say yes to showing up to his cousin’s party. He thought it would be the perfect setting for him to hide his nerves. You met him before he could send a message asking for some of your time.

He showed up in hopes that you would really change your mind. But once he arrived at the party that his cousin, King, coaxed him into, he knew that if you weren’t too keen on hanging out late at the barbecue at Care, then being at this house party on thee 46th street wouldn’t be your speed.

So he went home to stare at a sixty-inch television and his phone. That’s when he saw your IG.

And took his shot.

Erik put two shots of Woodford in your cup and let you do the rest. He wanted you to have control of your libations. That drink wasn’t just the only thing Erik wanted you to reign in. Your bottom-half in those grey biker shorts did a lot of talking and Erik was taking it all in.

You sat on his couch, soaking in your surroundings. Framed horror movie posters on the wall. All black and cobalt housewares. Affinity for all things dark. A video game tower full of games scary and not. Ghost of Tshushima on the screen. You weren’t afraid. Kill gave you all the correct signals for safety.

“So why do they call you “Kill’?

“It’s a long story. I'd rather you call me Erik, though.”

You bristled at his response. He didn’t look like an ‘Erik’ to you. Surprise number two.

Erik saw your reaction. Kill’s old habits crept out at the wrong time. “Only people I really fuck with can call me Erik.”

The tension released from your shoulders. ‘And grew in other places.

So did your tiredness mixed with 90-proof whiskey. Erik watched you yawn at nauseam from the time you stepped into his home. You weren’t built for early morning runs anymore. You also didn’t want to risk a drive. Layton Road curves and you were too tired to catch them all. Erik wanted to catch all of your curves but only when you’re in the right state of mind. He would wait.

Erik grabbed the only spare blanket in the house and a pillow.

“The bathroom is up the stairs and to you left if you need it…” Kill cracked a smile you couldn’t see as he walked up the steps to his bedroom.

“Hey, Erik…I’ll run to the store in the morning. What do you want for breakfast?”

#erik stevens x reader #erik killmonger fanfiction #erik kilmonger x reader #erik killmonger

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wingingthenight · 2 years ago

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ask mun anything!! || accepting!

what's your favourite bear and why?

grizzly bears with sun bears as a close second!! grizzly bears are the perfect amount of floofy and huggable and they like salmon as much as i do. sun bears however look so fucked up and i love that about them

how deeply did you dislike the valeska twins until i was like 'imagine not disliking them'?

i wanted to toss jerome out a window <3 i still do but now it's, like, affectionate, so good for him. i also wanted to shove jeremiah in a locker. that hasn't changed i just also want him to ruin bruce's life in a fun, sexy way :)

favourite pokemon game?

crystal!!!!!! the fact that it wasn't remade with gold and silver is my villain origin story.

a fandom/thing you wanna get into but can't?

i would love to get more into lotr/tolkienverse but i have Not had the attention span or brain power to get through reading everything i want to. one day,, it'll happen lol

quote?

i've been feeling insane again lately about sharp objects so one from there and i'll spare you my thesis length essay about it:

"was i good at caring for amma because of kindness? or did i like caring for amma because i have adora's sickness? i waver between the two, especially at night, when my skin begins to pulse.

lately, i've been leaning towards kindness."

number?

i've always been partial to the number 3!

letter?

upper case cursive L

what is one thing you would refuse to eat even if you were starving (don't be boring. don't say a human)

why would i say a human when many creatures have eyes and the texture thought makes me nauseous <3

most listened to song

according to spotify at the moment it's 'you don't know me (feat. regina spektor) by ben folds. which im pretty sure i listened to on repeat on the plane while drawing dick grayson so that checks out.

most used emoji

the pink double heart emoji 💕

#;munday #utlizing the cut to spare everyone's dashes lmao #thank you bestie <3 #;ooc

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samwilsonshandsandass · 3 years ago

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Don't Go Into The Kitchen

Summary: Sam, who gladly lets people be in the kitchen with him when he cooks, learns you want no one in the kitchen when you bake. Pairing: Sam Wilson x reader and Bucky Barnes x Sarah Wilson Warnings: None Word count: 2.2K

Very early on in your relationship you had discovered Sam to be not only an avid cook but also a creative one whose dishes with their flavors, their textures, their colors, their everything, even the plating if it wasn’t soul food, made heaven come down to earth and on one simple plate.

However small Sam’s kitchen was, he not only kept you close, he wanted you close and almost always pulled you to him. You could just go from the door to the bedroom and he’d pull you to him to taste something new he cooked up. It wasn’t unusual for you to stand with your back pressed to his chest and you both pressed to the countertop, because the cable of the immersion blender was too short for you two to stand there comfortably but it was imperative for Sam to have you near when cooking.

The kitchen in your appartement wasn’t much bigger than Sam’s but it was closed off. That wasn’t much of a problem when you lived alone and it also wasn’t much of a problem when Sam spent the night and you had breakfast.

Some time later, you’d spent a lazy Sunday at your place and lived on your homemade waffles and muffins. Sam went into the kitchen to get you some more waffles and stayed there longer than you thought he would.

“Baby? You bake?”

“No Sam, I cooked the muffins yesterday” You deadpanned.

“Right, and I’ll bake mac’n’cheese. No, really. I didn’t know you also baked cakes. Like, those big ass, fancy cakes with decorations!”

You sat up. “Sam. Did you touch my baking utensils?”

“No baby, I’m just looking. Why? You turning green and big when someone does?”

“I’m not gonna rip my clothes but I’m very particular about my kitchen and especially all my baking things. Just so you know, should we ever move in together” The smile was audible in your voice.

Back on the sofa, Sam pulled you into him. “Already talking about moving in together?”

“Should we ever do that we’ll need a reaaally big kitchen.”

“Deal.”

A few weeks later, you went over to Sam’s and practically the second you stepped through the door, there was Sam to pull you into the kitchen.

“Sorry to ambush you like this but I just finished this recipe and you gotta try this!”

He held up a wooden spoon. You could see different kinds of sea food in what seemed to be a broth on a tomato basis. It tasted exquisite. It was a perfect blend of the tomato broth with basil, thyme, cumin and garlic and complimented the salmon and prawns perfectly.

“And? What do you think?” Sam seemed like a giddy child.

You just took his face in your hands and kissed his nose, his forehead and then his lips. “You’re a master cook. But some garam masala would make this even better, what do you say?”

He didn’t say anything, just put the container with garam masala in your hand and let you do the rest. Now it was you who held the spoon and let Sam do the tasting each time the spice was blended with the rest.

“Now that’s good! You were right” Sam pecked your cheek.

“So, can we eat that now or do we have to wait for someone?”

“Naaa, it’s all ours.”

“Nice. Cause I don’t wanna share this.”

“You know I’m also here?”

“You’re the exception.”

“Well, I’m glad.”

Sam had invited himself over to spend the entire weekend at your flat. And since you wanted to try this new cake recipe and creating the fondant decorations would take some time, you baked on Thursday. Sam wanted to come Friday morning. That meant there would be no chance of him going into the kitchen while you did anything.

Except that train of thought got derailed when your doorbell rang. You looked at the batter. It wasn’t time sensitive so you opened the door to see your boyfriend standing there with a flower bouquet and what seemed like takeout.

“I thought I’d surprise my wonderful girlfriend with a lazy evening, movies and takeout. Wait, what’s with the spatula?”

“I didn’t expect you now. So, I’m baking.”

“But I’m still welcome?”

“You and the takeout. And what’s with the flowers?”

“I got my girl flowers because I can.”

You nodded. “That actually makes sense.”

“I have my moments” Sam smiled.

You put the flowers in a vase and went back to the kitchen.

“Gimme the food and I’ll put it in the fridge.”

He took two steps and the third would take him over doorstep to the kitchen.

“Do. Not. Go. Into. The. Kitchen.”

“Uh.”

“Remember how I told you I’m very peculiar about my kitchen?” You asked.

“Yeah.”

“Well, this is it. You don’t go into my kitchen when I’m in there and especially not when I’m baking” Your voice was sharp and your body blocked the doorway.

“Okay? I’ll just wait in the living room and we’ll talk loudly?”

You nodded and smiled. “I’ll be out when the batter’s in the oven.”

“And then?” Sam looked over your shoulder.

“Then we’ll spend a nice time until the cake is done and I’ll do the decorations and the coating. And after that, you’ll have me to yourself for the rest of the evening.”

“No assembling the decorations?” Sam grinned.

“You really are a cook, not a baker” You nudged his shoulder with yours. “The decorations will last longer after they spent some time in the fridge.”

“I see.” You spent the evening cuddling, talking, eating and watching dumb movies with the exception of you getting the cake out and Sam watching you form the decorations with different fondants.

“Is there an occasion you’re doing the cake for or just baking a cake for the sake of baking a cake?” Sam looked from your face to your hands that were currently forming a flower.

“Just for the sake of it. Didn’t bake for quite some time. Although some would say I bake really much” You mused. “But I got the urge to again and I thought I’d have today.” You smiled.

“Sorry” Sam bowed his head but you could see the slight grin he wore.

“You’re not sorry.”

“Not really” Now he wore a big grin.

When you were done and everything was in the fridge, you two went to enjoy the rest of the evening.

The next day after a lazy morning with cuddles, breakfast and breakfast cuddling, you poured the couverture on the cake and placed the decorations in the molten chocolate and let everything dry. Some hours later, every step was finally done and you put the cake on the coffee table in front of the couch.

“And now we can eat it.”

“We eat it? I’m supposed to eat this?”

“Love, I’m not baking a cake just to look at it.”

“But how can I eat something this beautiful?”

“I’m not gonna remind you of what else you eat that’s beautiful…”

Sam chuckled.

“But if we eat it… wait no! I got it! I’ll send a photo to the group chat to make them jealous!”

“Bucky looks at his phone?”

“He’s gotten better since he’s an honorary Wilson.”

“Maybe he won’t be just an honorary Wilson anymore some time from now” You grinned.

Sam looked at you dumbfounded. “Say that again.”

“They both told me separately they’re thinking of that step.”

“Both?! They’re both thinking of-“

You nodded. “Yeah. Hey, how about a bet about who takes that step first? I’ll say Bucky.”

“Alright, I’m in. 15 bucks on Sarah taking the first step. But back to the cake. Let’s make people jealous. Steve’s gotten better on his own about checking his phone.”

“Your phone, your picture…” You grinned.

The picture Sam sent to the group chat garnered all kinds of reactions. Steve, innocent Steve, complimented the cake and wanted to know if Sam made that. Bucky apparently had gotten some lessons from Cass and AJ about how to use emojis, because he sent an eyeball emoji and one with its tongue licking the lips. Sarah commented in true sibling fashion about how Sam must have either been switched out to start baking or just have an amazing girlfriend and how in earth did he get someone like her.

You chuckled.

“So now we can eat it?” Sam seemed torn between being giddy and mournful of eating such a beautiful cake.

You cut him a piece. You had to do that slowly and carefully to keep the decorations intact but no matter the reason, Sam looked pained. But all that changed when he took the first bite. He moaned. Sam straight up moaned.

“Good?”

“You’re a master baker.”

The second breakfast, lunch and the afternoon snack consisted of varying sizes of the cake.

One year later, you and Sam had moved in together and the key feature of the flat was the open-plan kitchen with a kitchen island facing the living room with a dining corner. The dining table was a beautiful piece made of stained wood.

Sam and you had invited the other Wilsons’ plus Steve and Bucky to a nice evening in your new flat with the promise of a tasty dinner and fancy dessert. They arrived separately, first Steve which didn’t surprise you but what did surprise you was Cass and AJ arriving after. Alone. It took fifteen minutes for Sarah and Bucky arriving together. No one said anything, only Sam raised his eyebrows at you. You smirked.

“Where should we?” Steve wanted to know.

“You can sit there” You said and pointed to the chairs between dining table and wall.

“She lets people into the kitchen now?” Bucky asked.

Sam looked at him. “See how big this kitchen is? And the table? And how she told you to sit at the side farthest from her?”

“Yeah?”

“See?”

“Yes, okay.”

“So, what kind of dinner are you serving us?” Steve wanted to know.

“Always the guy with the fast metabolism who asks that question first” Sarah grinned.

“And what am I then?” You chuckled. “Or Cass and AJ?”

“You just eat without that” Sarah hugged you sideways and went over to the table where Bucky pulled out a chair for her.

“To answer your question, Steve, I made a casserole with fish and seafood and Y/N here made a layered cake with chocolate, mint, strawberry, vanilla and lemon.”

“Is that way the fridge compartment trays aren’t in the, you know, fridge?” Bucky looked at were there were indeed the trays and apparently the fridge didn’t have any compartments now.

“Oh, oh, oh! Can we see it? Can we? Please?” AJ and Cass twisted their bodies in the chairs to look at you and the fridge.

“Not yet, okay?”

“Okay.”

Sam put the casserole down and started dishing out the food. All of you tucked in and only the clattering of forks and knives on plates could be heard. Until Steve swallowed and loudly exhaled.

“Steve? You okay?” Sarah looked at him with concern, while Sam looked at his casserole.

“Y- yes, I’m-“ He was caught off guard by a cough.

“Milk” You stated and put some in front of Steve. He drank the whole glass in almost one go.

“Thank you, Y/N.”

“Don’t mention it. I forgot not everyone is used to spicy food.”

After he recovered, he turned to Bucky: “Buck, how-?”

“You cannot be engaged to this beautiful woman here and not eat and love spicy food.”

“I told you!” You hit Sam’s upper arm.

“Who of you asked?” Sam wanted to know.

“I did. I’m old” Bucky smiled at Sarah.

“And old-fashioned, but only sometimes” Sarah pecked his cheek.

You chuckled, while AJ mumbled an “That’s disgusting.”

“You get used to it, buddy” Sam wrapped his arm around his nephew.

“And you owe me 15 bucks, Sam.”

The rest of dinner went by without other occurrences, only Steve eating slower than usual and occasionally sipping some milk. After Sam cleared the table, you put down the cake.

“Y/N this looks awesome!” Bucky exclaimed and AJ and Cass nodded vigorously.

“Now, who wants the first piece?”

“Me!” Cass and AJ called at the same time.

“Boys…” Sarah mumbled. You weren’t sure if she wanted to reprimand them or not.

You winked at Sarah and gave her the first piece. You got a second cake server that you only had because you thought Sam had misplaced your trusty one after clearing the dishwasher some time ago. Now you twirled one in your left hand, and one in the other. You looked at the two boys and served them each a slice at the same time.

“Whoa!”

“Yeah, what he said!”

You served the others and tucked in. The evening went on, talking and laughing poking fun at each other. Despite all the sugar of the cake, Cass and AJ slept like logs after some hours on the couch. It was a perfect evening.

This is what I imagined the cake to look like, only taller to fit the five layers.

#my things #my writing #sam wilson x reader #sam wilson x y/n #sam wilson x you #sarahbucky #buckysarah #bucky x sarah #bucky barnes x sarah wilson #fanfiction #marvel fanfiction

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ovanrie · 4 years ago

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here’s a personal longass ramble under the cut bc my adhd brain can’t resist extensively elaborating on every thought and experience it has at any point in time!! read if u want ig??

so i recently found out im like partially colourblind - i suspect slight tritanomaly, which basically means

i see pale yellow or blue as white or gray

i have a hard time distinguishing between similar shades of blue and green (like, i cant tell when its more blue or more green or right in the middle)

i have a hard time telling apart similar shades of red/orange/pink/purple/magenta and sometimes orange and yellow

i have a VERY tough time distinguishing dark colours, especially blue and purple

and like,,,, its just been so fascinating and mindblowing that my perception of the world has actually been different all this time and i never noticed??

like, its nothing severe or anything, and i can still function in daily life ofc since its a pretty slight colourblindness, but its just so weird to me that people can just,,,, see stuff that i cant?? or they see it differently??

bc suddenly it makes sense, all those times when like my family/friends teased me or criticised the fact that i couldnt tell whether a shirt was more blue or green, or called me blind whenever i called green blue and i had to pretend i could see it after they pointed it out even tho it just looked blue to me

and it made sense how i, like, couldnt tell the difference between three (apparently) different shades of red eyeshadow?? like ive been told theyre like. noticeably different. and theyre just identical to me

but it feels so weird like,, people can actually see yellow and purple in the rainbow? people can see yellow in the goddamn rainbow??? bc to me its always just been. a white stripe. in the rainbow. and of course logic and common sense tell me that its scientifically impossible for white to be in the rainbow, but it just is for me and i always figured “oh thats how everyone sees it probably, this isnt weird, lets just accept it, yellow must be some mythical colour they put in the rainbow just because”

and like?? people can see purple in it as well??? bc to me its just dark blue with like dashes of magenta??? like, the rainbow, to me, basically looks like

tiny slither of red - hella orange - white stripe lmao - hella green but also kind of aqua?? - ????? - aqua - dark blue - ??? tiny specks of magenta here and there

and then people tell me there is genuinely yellow in the rainbow?? and im supposed to just believe em???

and like its amazing to me how people can just see yellow marker on paper. like. they can read yellow on white without needing an outline. like i can tell its something vaguely yellow but i cannot read it for the life of me, and like they can easily tell when a message on whatsapp’s been read with just a glance, when i have to stare at the little check marks bc the whatsapp blue is so pale that it looks gray to me, and people actually can see the difference between shit like peach and salmon and pink and light red and warmer oranges and people actually know whether cyan is green or blue or equally both while its such an enigma to me like what the FUCK is cyan

and dont even get me STARTED on the magic of ✨accessibility colour filters✨

cause like apple has the option to set a filter for each type of colour blindness, and like, when i put on the tritanopia filter everything is so much bluer and i can actually SEE when someone reads my whatsapp messages by just glancing at it, or i can see that the emojis are actually pretty yellow and not some weird orange?? and like, in one of the group chats im in on whatsapp, one of my friends’ names on there is coloured purple but i always was so convinced it was navy blue and the filter just blew my goddamn mind bc holy shit you’ve been purple all this time????? and i can actually see the purple and yellow stripes in rainbows?? altho ngl the yellow stripe still looks kinda white even with the filter rip

but like. just. its so weird to find out your perception of the world has always been just slightly wrong and it really reminds you how subjective the world really is bc i probably would’ve forever thought the rainbow just had white in it and that my friend was navy blue in that stupid group chat and now im just wondering what other things i might be seeing just slightly off than what they should be

perception is the weirdest goddamn shit

#personal #mine #ramble #colorblindness #tritanomaly

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a-solitary-marshmallow · 4 years ago

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Do No Harm Take No Shit Chapter 4: You, Me Some Mew-vies

Take two. He’d failed after school, but there was nothing stopping him from asking out Marinette that evening.

Adrien had planned it out – how he would introduce the topic, where they would go, how they would get there. He’d kept track of some of her favourite things and planned to incorporate them on the way. Only the best for Marinette – their first date had to be unforgettable.

He’d spent half an hour in front of the mirror, psyching himself up. He’d asked Marinette out before as Chat Noir – this was no different. So why did glancing at his phone send butterflies through his stomach?

Adrien shook his head and strode over to his bed, picking up his phone from the covers. Marinette’s contact was pink with a smily face after her name – that wasn’t quite right. It needed a heart, at least. Adrien quickly edited it to read ‘Love of my Life’ with three heart emojis after it. Keeping it cool, obviously.

Adrien clicked call.

He turned to face the darkening Paris skyline through his window as the phone rung once, twice, thrice. On the fifth ring there was a click, a rustle, and then Marinette’s clear voice rang through like a bell.

“Adrien! Hi. I wasn’t expecting a call from you, is everything okay?”

“Everything’s fine.” Adrien hurried to assure her. “It’s just, there was something I was going to ask you after school today that I forgot to do.”

“Hmm?” Another shift, as if Marinette was currently sifting through fabrics at her work table? His lady was always working, never still, even with a broken arm and masses of homework to catch up on. God he loved her. “Sure.”

“So.” Come on, Agreste.

“So.” Marinette echoed.

“There’s this movie coming out in a few days, and I was thinking… um, well, as well as that…” His plan was crumbling! “Okay basically I was wondering if you’d want to go on a date with me?”

Marinette squeaked, and then there was clatter and a rustle. Adrien held his breath as the rustling continued. She grabbed the phone and put it up to her ear again. “A-A date?”

‘I made a mistake. This was too soon. Maybe she doesn’t like me anymore now she knows I’m Chat Noir. Maybe it was just a crush and she doesn’t want anything serious. Maybe-‘

“I would love to!” Marinette blurted out. “I – yes, I’d love to go out with you, Adrien.”

His face burned. He turned away from a snickering Plagg, trying to calm the rapid beating of his heart. “Really?”

“Of course.” Marinette giggled. The sound of it was like bells. Adrien’s smile stretched so wide that it hurt.

“Okay! Um, can I pick you up on Saturday? You don’t have anything on then, do you?”

“No, I’m free then.” Adrien could hear the grin in Marinette’s voice. “What time?”

“Is nine in the morning okay?”

“Definitely.”

“Great.” Adrien breathed. “So, it’s a date?”

“Yeah. It is.” More rustling. “Oh, Adrien? Can we… keep this a secret? Just for a bit. I mean, Alya’s always kinda gotten into my business – I love her, of course, but she can go a little overboard sometimes, and I want to figure this out with just us. Does that make sense?” She groaned at her own clumsy wording.

“Definitely!” Adrien blurted. “Yeah, we can keep it a secret for a bit.”

“Maybe just until next Monday? After our date.”

Hearing her say the word ‘date’ made Adrien’s heart sing. He nodded, before realizing she couldn’t see him. “That sounds like a good idea.” And he couldn’t help adding, “Though it’ll be hard not to sweep you off your feet during school, this cat will try his best.”

Marinette laughed. “He’d better! Alya already interrogated me about when you picked me up at the hospital.”

“Picked you up, huh? So you admit my pickup lines work?”

“Ugh, Adrien!” Marinette snorted.

He grinned and teased, “You know you love my jokes.”

“They’re so bad.”

“That why you love them, Bugaboo.”

“I hate that you’re right.” She groaned good-naturedly. On the other end of the line Adrien heard a faint call. “Oh, my parents want me down. Are you driving me into school tomorrow? You know, I’m the hero of Paris, I’m capable of walking.”

“Now what kind of prince would I be if I let my princess walk?”

“Pfft.” Marinette snorted. “Ugh, worst one yet. I’ll see you then.”

“Okay then! I’ll – I’ll see you tomorrow, Marinette.”

“Goodnight, Chaton.”

A click, and the call ended. Adrien pressed his forehead to his window to cool the burning in his face. He was going on a date. With Marinette Dupain-Cheng. He was the luckiest cat alive. Now all he had to do was make sure it went well. How could the plan fail when it was so well thought through?

“Plagg! I didn’t think this through!”

“You’re telling me.” Plagg yawned from Adrien’s pillow, while Adrien paced rapidly from window to window, pausing every so often to glance at his watch and then pacing a little bit faster. Saturday morning, and he hadn’t thought about this yet? Where had the time gone?

“What am I supposed to wear? She’s a fashion designer, Plagg. I can’t look like an idiot in front of her.”

“It’s not like you wear a skintight leather cat suit most days.”

“That’s different and you know it!”

Plagg groaned. “You know your father’s a famous fashion designer, right? Why don’t you just go ask him?”

“He already gave permission for me to be out today, I don’t need to jinx that. And besides, that’s him! I want to choose what I wear today, and it has to be perfect.”

At Plagg’s insistent whining Adrien finally picked out an outfit – a salmon shirt under a light grey jacket, and dress pants. You couldn’t go too wrong with that, right? Right???

Somehow he made it into the limousine in one piece, flowers and all. Adrien hadn’t really had anyone to go to for advice, so he’d resorted to Google for answers and ended up on a page about flower meanings. Blue roses for love at first sight, red roses for passion, orange tulips for happiness, and pink carnations simply because they reminded him of her. It looked kind of messy and Plagg had laughed, but hopefully Marinette would like them?

The Gorilla pulled up to the Dupain-Cheng bakery at nine on the dot. Adrien hurriedly straightened his jacket and hurried out to knock on the door, bouquet in hand.

“Kid, chill out.” Plagg whispered from his pocket. Adrien vibrated with nerves. Ugh, he was taking this too far wasn’t he? The flowers were too much. He’d almost made up his mind to toss them away when there was a click and the door swung open.

Tom Dupain towered over him with a brilliant smile. Adrien stood caught in its beam. Well, now he knew where Marinette got her room-lighting grin from.

“Adrien! So nice to see you. Marinette’s just getting ready, she’ll be out in a minute. Are those flowers? Oh, Sabine, come and see what the Agreste boy got our Marinette!”

Adrien felt his face flush as Mrs. Cheng poked her head out and ‘awwww’ed.

“So, what time do you expect to be back?” Tom asked cheerfully.

“Er, we were going to have lunch, so three?”

Marinette appeared around her father with rolling eyes and a cute white blouse, with black patterns to match the signatures on her cast. Her pink skirt fluttered around her legs as she stepped out onto the street.

“Papa, I already told you when I’ll be back.”

“I was just checking!” The giant man defended. Marinette turned her gaze to Adrien and froze, freckled cheeks darkening in a blush. Adrien gulped and mustered all his Chat Noir suaveness (it may have actually been dorkiness but he didn’t care right now) to bow and hold out the bouquet with a cheeky smile.

“For Milady.”

Tom and Sabine cooed. Marinette hesitantly took the flowers. Electricity zinged through Adrien’s arm when their hands touched. Marinette coughed and squeaked out, “You look really good Adrien.”

“I was just about to say the same thing.”

The two teens may have stood there all day, blushing, if Tom hadn’t plucked the flowers from Marinette’s grasp with an, “I’ll put these in water.” The movement startled them out of their state and Marinette shyly lifted one arm. Adrien looped his elbow through it and led her to the limousine.

“So.” Marinette said as Adrien opened up the door. “Do I get to know what we’ll be doing today?”

“Not yet. It’s a surprise.” Adrien climbed in after her and nodded to the Gorilla in the mirror. His trusty bodyguard nodded back and pulled out onto the street with a rumble, the car quickly slotting into traffic. Marinette hummed and cracked open her purse to hear Tikki’s whisper.

“Plagg told me about it, Marinette. You’ll love it.”

“Plagg!” Adrien objected, scandalized. Plagg snickered from his pocket. “How could you?”

“Top ten anime betrayals.” Marinette giggled. Adrien fixed a glare at the lump in his jacket.

“Well, if the stinky sock in the room is just going to spoil it, I’ll tell you our first destination for today. We’re going to find Andre and get special ice cream.”

Marinette clapped excitedly, and the sight of her face was more than enough to make Adrien smile again. “Do you have the clue?”

“Ready and waiting.” Adrien presented his phone’s screen, which held the first clue that would eventually lead to the whereabouts of Paris’s renound ice-cream vender. Well, Adrien could have just checked social media for spoilers – but half the fun of it was figuring out the mystery! “And I came prepared.”

Marinette sent him a questioning look. Adrien grinned and pulled out the black jacket, hat and sunglasses he’d placed there earlier.

“It’s a disguise.” He explained, slipping on the sunglasses. “So we don’t get mobbed.” Adrien struck a pose. “How to I look?”

“Like a huge dork.” Marinette said affectionately.

“But I’m your dork.”

“Next time, please let me choose your disguise. I love you, Adrien, but you are terrible at disguises.”

She loves me. Adrien flushed to the tips of his ears. Marinette didn’t seem to have realized what she said, because she was still laughing and poking out her tongue adorably. Adrien put on his best Chat Noir smirk.

“Oh, so there’ll be a next time?”

“Of course there will be, you dumb cat! Now, let’s see that clue.” Marinette leaned over to look at his phone screen. Adrien held it away from her teasingly.

“Well, if you’re gonna be like that, maybe I don’t want to share.”

Marinette’s hand went up, and too late did Adrien realise she wasn’t reaching for the phone. Her hand landed in his hair and scratched teasingly right behind his ear – a dirty move, she knew that was his weak spot! Adrien couldn’t stop the purr from escaping his chest. He leaned into the contact, rumbling. Marinette cackled and snatched the phone from his distracted hands.

“Hey! No fair!”

Adrien pouted, until she leaned over to place her head on his shoulder. She was too cute to not forgive! Adrien caved and read the clue with her. He hummed in thought.

“The park, maybe?”

“Maybe. Or near a shopping centre? It’s kind of ambiguous.”

“Then I guess we’ll just have to go exploring.”

#my writing #miraculous ladybug #ladybug #fluff #fic #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #chat noir #dnhtns

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Caduceus Clay & Fjord Characters: Caduceus Clay, Fjord Additional Tags: Unrequited Crush, First Dates, Except Caduceus doesn't know it's a date, And also Fjord is a terrible cook, Food, Miscommunication, Canon Asexual Character, Canon Aromantic Character, Happy Ending Summary:

Fjord tries to impress Caduceus with a home cooked dinner on their first date, but quickly has to realise that more often then not, things do not go as planned. And as it turns out, almost setting his kitchen on fire is not the worst part of the evening. Or is it?

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Fjord checked his hair for the third time in the last twenty minutes, nervously bustling back and forth between his kitchen and the living room and somehow getting stuck in front of the mirror every single time. The table was set, most of the food was done, the breadsticks were still in the oven, there wasn't anything left for him to do, and yet he couldn't get himself to just sit down and wait. Caduceus would arrive any minute now, any minute, and his nerves were definitely getting the better of him.

His phone buzzed, but instead of the “almost there” he'd been hoping for his screen greeted him with a message from Beau, a simple “hey, you can do it” followed by a thumbs up emoji, and he couldn't help but roll his eyes a little as he put it back in his pocket. He needed more patience, Fjord told himself, not dignifying Beau's message with a response for now, and instead checking on the breadsticks again.

Not ready yet. Were they rising at all? He wasn't sure.

When the doorbell finally rang it was the only thing saving him from answering Beau after all, and in less than a second he'd cleared his apartment and was already ripping open the door, not quite able to hide the dorky grin on his face when he saw Caduceus in his usual relaxed attire. Gray pants stained from the cemetery, the long sleeves of his shirt still bearing the marks of being around fresh soil and moss and flowers all day, and the smell of the Savalier Woods seemingly following him everywhere. Perfect, in Fjord's eyes.

“Did you work overtime again?” he asked, offering to take Caduceus' jacket as he let the firbolg step inside and carefully hanging it up beside his own. “I thought Clarabelle was taking your shift today.” “Ah, you know how it is,” Caduceus hummed in answer. “Sometimes there is more work than expected, and I didn't want to leave her alone with all of it. But I'm here now, so that's nice.” Fjord chuckled softly, leading him through the living room and to the table. “It is. I got almost everything done, too, so you can just sit down and I'll join you in a second.”

“Oh, well, thank you. That's very nice,” Caduceus agreed again, and continued talking while Fjord disappeared into the kitchen once more. “You know, I'm still a bit surprised you offered to cook dinner, I know you don't do this a lot. I would have been happy to help, too.”

Blushing a dark green and rubbing his neck a little, glad that Caduceus couldn't see him at the moment, Fjord had to admit he was right. “Well, no, I don't. But I, uh... wanted to do this properly, you know?” He picked up the first two plates he'd prepared, noticing with a grimace that the food had gone cold by now. But maybe cold didn't have to mean inedible, so he took it out to the table anyway. “I stuck to the recipes, mostly, so we should be good.”

He put both plates down and settled in his chair across from Caduceus, cheeks still feeling warm, and the calm smile Cad was giving him didn't help the matter. After a moment he realised he was staring, and also that the candles on the table were still unlit, making the dim light in the room seem more awkward than the romantic vibe he had been trying to go for.

“Oh, shoot, lemme fix this real quick,” he muttered, fishing a lighter out of his pocket that had once probably belonged to either Yasha or Beau, he wasn't sure, and quickly remedied that. “There, that's better...”

“Oh, yes, much better. Now I can see what I'm eating,” Caduceus agreed, sounding amused. As he picked up his fork and was about to dig in though, Fjord could see a brief frown cross his face. He looked confused. “Actually, what are we eating? This doesn't... I'm not sure what this is.”

Fjord winced a little, feeling his ears grow hot in embarrassment. “It's, uh. It's some sweet potato appetizer thing, I... alright, yeah, the veggies might have gotten a bit mushy, but I'm sure it's still good, so-”

Before he could make it any worse Caduceus already nodded, his tone reassuring as he answered. “Of course, I'm sure it is! I was not trying to imply anything else, my apologies.”

“No, don't apologise, it was a fair question. It turned out a little gray, I suppose.” Already resisting the urge to retreat to the kitchen, maybe under the guise of checking on the breadsticks again, Fjord picked up his knife and fork as well and cut a piece off the... thing, on his plate. At least there was food to focus on.

But as they both tried the first bite he got the next unpleasant surprise. The texture was awful, the taste non-existent, and he could see Caduceus pausing for a second before actually swallowing it down.

“Well, maybe with some salt-”

Fjord waved him off, deciding he wasn't as brave and spitting it back into his napkin. “Nope, this is horrible, you can say it.”

“No salt then,” Caduceus agreed, somehow still looking amused while Fjord was starting to regret ever inviting him in the first place. “But you said this was an appetizer, right? We can just move on to the main dish, it's all good.”

“Right, right... sure, let me just put this away then,” Fjord sighed, still giving Caduceus a smile though as he took the plates back to the kitchen. Some optimism couldn't hurt, and so far Cad didn't seem to mind the chaos all that much. He was willing to take that as a good sign.

Disposing of the appetizer in the trash can with a sigh he then put together new plates, taking the vegan fish out of the covered pan (a little darker than intended), getting the rice out of it's pot (was it supposed to be that soggy?) and just forgoing the veggies completely because those had already been part of the appetizer. The lemon sauce was the only thing he had actually taste tested though, and he knew that one was okay. It was edible.

Coming back to Caduceus he placed it down with a little flourish, smiling again as it got a laugh out of his friend. “Here you go. Something salmon adjacent, with lemon butter sauce, bedded on wild rice. I hope it's better than the last try.”

“It can only go up from here,” Caduceus replied with a smile, and Fjord settled down again. And while he wasn't wrong, it didn't necessarily make the main dish taste any better.

What was true for the sauce could also be said for the dish in general. Edible, but not great. The dry salmon substitute seemed to be in a competition with the soggy rice about which texture was worse, and the sauce was unremarkable enough to count as the best part of it all. Still, they managed some bits of not-awkward conversation while they picked at their food, and Fjord was starting to feel hope again, when Caduceus suddenly stopped mid sentence and sniffed the air.

“Do you smell that?”

It took him a moment, but then he realised it too. Smoke.

“The breadsticks! Shit-” Jumping up from his chair Fjord hurried back into the kitchen, having to tug his shirt over his nose almost immediately as the air got thick and his eyes watered from the soot that had gathered in the small room. But he found his way to the oven and turned it off, glad to see that they weren't any flames at least. Caduceus, who'd been trailing after him, had enough sense to check in with him on that first before he pushed the little window in the kitchen wide open, making it easier again to breath.

Still kneeling in front of the oven Fjord grabbed for a dish towel and pulled the rack out, seeing the blackened, miserable remains of what had once been bread dough. With a long suffering sigh he rested his head against the open oven door. “Damn it. I'm so sorry, Cad. This is all going horribly wrong.”

At this point he should have offered to drive his friend home, or just let him leave, anything that put him out of the danger of Fjord's own cooking, but he was hoping against his better judgement that maybe Caduceus hadn't given up on him yet, especially as the firbolg waved his apology off.

“Don't be, mistakes happen all the time,” Cad assured him, somehow still smiling throughout this whole disaster. “But I'm starting to think you could really use some help in the kitchen.”

He almost sounded amused, and Fjord would have been offended had it been anyone else. But with their situation being what it was he just scoffed and shook his head a little. “I'd say so, yeah. But since there's no saving this, and I know the fish tastes like shit too, how about we just order some take out?” he offered. “I'll pay, of course, and you can choose whatever you want.”

Caduceus considered it for a moment, looking around the kitchen, but then shook his head to Fjord's surprise. “No, you already paid for all these ingredients, and there's no sense in wasting them, is there.”

“Well, no,” he started, “but you can't honestly tell me you want to eat-” And he gestured to everything around them. The burned charcoal sticks of bread, the soggy rice still in it's pot, the mushy veggies. “This.”

“No,” Caduceus agreed, pulling a face as well. “But I'm sure there are enough of the original ingredients left to do something else with it, and this time we'll do it together.” Looking over to Fjord he saw his sceptical expression, and just smiled. “You'll see, good food isn't all that difficult. You were trying to make bread there, right?”

“Yeah, trying being the key word here,” Fjord muttered, finally picking the blackened dough off the baking paper with a fork to dispose of it as well. “But alright Houdini, teach me how to cook. What do we need?”

Caduceus smile grew and he reached for the discarded apron hanging over the door, tying it behind his back with practised ease. The sight finally made Fjord's frown disappear as well, and his heart lightened a little with his friend's willingness to take the situation in stride. Maybe a cooking lesson wasn't such a bad first date either.

“Alright then,” Caduceus hummed, “first of all we need a mixing bowl. Do you have any leftover yeast?” Fjord checked his drawer but came up short, not that it seemed to matter though. “That's alright. How about butter milk and baking soda?”

“Baking soda's the stuff you put in cakes and cookies, right?” Fjord muttered, brows drawing together as he checked his little stash of baking ingredients. “Yeah, I have that. And buttermilk's in the fridge.”

Seeming very pleased with that Caduceus then asked for an egg, some flour, and a little bit of butter and sugar to complete the dough. As he put it all together he told Fjord exactly how the buttermilk and baking soda would interact to let the dough rise, and why, unlike yeasted dough, this one didn't have to to be set aside and rest. But all those things went over Fjord's head almost completely as he watched Caduceus' finger knead the dough in an almost mesmerising pattern.

He wasn't done after that, either. Fjord expected the lesson to be over as the bread went into the oven (and boy did it already look better than his poor attempt at breadsticks), but Caduceus just turned to him with a cheerful smile and briefly wiped his hands on one of the towels. “Time for the main dish then.”

“Wait, really?” Fjord asked. “I don't have anymore of the vegan fish, Cad, and the rest... I don't know, I don't really know of any other recipes we could use.”

“We already agreed that's what I'm here for, did we not,” Caduceus reminded him happily. “Get me whatever vegetables you have left please, and we'll see what we can do.”

With a slight shrug Fjord did as he'd asked, coming back from the fridge with some bell pepper, red beet, and a handful of mushrooms. “This is what I got. Do you think the rice can be saved?”

“Honest answer? No. But cooking new rice would take too long, so we'll use what we have even if it's going to make the texture a little weird,” Cad told him, looking surprisingly pleased with the assortment of vegetables he'd brought though. “I'll show you one of my family's favourites, wild fried rice. The improvised version, but the next time you come over I can show you how to do it properly.” Fjord blushed again, rubbing the back of his neck a little. “Oh, sure, I'd- I would really love that, Cad. Here, let me help with the prep.”

With the two of them working together, cutting everything up didn't take more than a few minutes, and afterwards Fjord was once more happy to stand by and listen as Caduceus took care of the actual cooking part. It didn't take long for the kitchen to take on a rather pleasant smell again, driving the last few remnants of smoke and misery out, and while Fjord finished his last few tasks he looked back to Caduceus with a smile.

“Hey, Cad? Really, thank you, this has already been a way better evening than I expected.”

“It's nice,” Caduceus agreed, sounding just as pleased. “Again, I'm not sure why you insisted on cooking all alone, but I'd be happy to teach you more things in the future.” Fjord chuckled. “Hey, I already told you. I wanted to do it properly, this being our first date and all. I just wanted you to have a nice evening without having to work for once.”

“Yes, yes, our- wait, our what now?”

Fjord stopped what he was doing and looked up, seeing that Caduceus had paused as well, that confused look on his face again. “Our first date,” he repeated, slowly. “I... I asked you if you wanted to go out with me, Cad, remember? I asked you out for dinner, and then suggested I cook instead. And you said yes... remember?” The confused look didn't go away, and Fjord wasn't sure if he wanted to laugh or cry.

“Oh.” Slowly though, understanding seemed to dawn on his friend, and the confusion made way for embarrassment. “Oh. No, I didn't- that’s not really- I’m sorry if I somehow lead you on?” he stammered, and Fjord wasn't sure if he had ever heard Caduceus stammer before.

“No! God, no, I'm just-” Great, now he was stammering too, and his face felt hot again, and surely this couldn't get any worse. “I just thought, you know, all the time at the temple, and at the diner, and... God, Cad, I'm so fucking stupid.” Fjord groaned softly, putting the spices he'd been getting ready aside and rubbing his face for a moment, trying to catch a clear thought. “I'm sorry, I shouldn't have assumed. Or made things more clear, or... or something. This is on me.”

“Hey now, don't,” Caduceus replied, his tone gentle again, and at least not sounding as embarrassed anymore. “Don't do that. This is just a little misunderstanding, right? But if you would prefer for me to leave now-”

“No, please, stay,” Fjord replied quickly, not even letting him finish that sentence. He finally turned to face him again, leaning against the counter a little. “There's no reason for you to leave. I mean, the bread's in the oven, we actually got some decent food now, so... no hurt feelings, right?”

Caduceus was still frowning, but before he could speak up Fjord stopped him. “Alright, hey, I might be... a little disappointed. I can admit that. But I'm a big boy, Cad, I can deal with it, I promise. And besides, your friendship means way more to me. We're still friends... right?”

Eyes softening a little Caduceus stepped forward, placing his hand over Fjord's. “Of course we are. I never wanted it to be anything else, and again, my deepest apology if-”

“No, come on, we need to stop apologizing at some point,” Fjord chuckled, lifting his other hand to give Caduceus a gentle pat on the shoulder before he pulled back a little, trying to discreetly wipe his eyes as he ran a hand down his face again. “Both of us. As you said, it was a misunderstanding. Maybe in a few weeks we can already think back to this and laugh about it.”

“Maybe. But it's alright if you need some time for that,” Caduceus assured him, and Fjord just sighed this time.

“Yeah, maybe I will,” he muttered, giving Caduceus another smile in an attempt to seem reassuring. “But for now, let's eat. I do want to try that family favourite recipe of yours.”

Humming softly in reply Caduceus picked up the spices he'd been mixing, adding them to the pan and stirring it all in before he lowered the heat. “According to my mother, you would be in luck,” he told him, his tone still gentle. “This is supposed to work quite well against all kinds of heartaches and disappointment.”

“Oh yeah?” Fjord asked, his smile turning a little more genuine. “Next time you really gotta show me how to do it properly then.”

“Next time,” Caduceus promised, which was really all Fjord had needed to hear. As long as they stayed friends, as long as there was a next time to get together, to cook, or watch stupid movies, or something, it would be okay. He could deal with the rest. And as they settled down to eat, with the still warm, home-made bread, and the fried rice that was every bit as good as Caduceus had promised him, Fjord was glad to see most of the awkwardness between them leave again.

If a good meal could really help with smoothing things over this easily, Fjord thought to himself, he needed to learn to be a better cook.

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hippo-love-affair · 5 years ago

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How to Alleviate Hair Loss

Losing hair? Yeah, me too. If your body is starving, you're most likely gonna lose hair. Sorry. But there are some things you can do to try and prevent it.

⚠️ DISCLAIMER ⚠️

I AM NOT A DOCTOR. I am not medically qualified in any way whatsoever, I'm just some random anorexic girl on the Internet. Please do your research (and ideally, consult a doctor) before starting any new supplement or medication, as it may have unintended side effects or drug interactions. Also, please get your thyroid checked, as the reason for your hair loss may be a thyroid problem caused by your ED!!

Supplements

❤️ Protein

Hair is made of keratin, a protein. That's why you need plenty of protein in your diet in order for your body to produce keratin and maintain your hair (and your skin and nails). If you need protein supplements, there are plenty of different ones out there, from pills to powder to drinks.

🧡 Iron

Along with a host of other problems, iron deficiency can cause hair loss, and it's super common in people with EDs. You should probably be taking an iron supplement, especially if you have a uterus. You can take iron pills or a women's multivitamin (check the label, but "women's" usually means it's high in iron). I take the Up&Up women's daily multivitamin because it was like $5 for 300 pills, but if I weren't broke, I would've bought the Centrum women's complete multivitamin. Just remember that your body can't get rid of excess iron, so very high amounts can be dangerous.

💛 Vitamin B

When it comes to hair, everyone raves about biotin (vitamin B7). But if you take too much, you'll deplete your pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), which can affect your skin, and because it's a water-soluble vitamin, any excess biotin will just be excreted. So rather than taking those 10,000mcg biotin pills, take a B-complex vitamin or a multivitamin that covers vitamin B.

Riboflavin (B2) deficiency can cause hair loss.

Niacin (B3) improves circulation to the scalp and boosts the production of keratin.

Pyridoxine (B6) helps manage hormonal hair loss and metabolizes protein that can be used to build keratin.

Biotin (B7) deficiency causes hair loss.

Pantothenic acid (B5) regulates the skin. It's absorbed by the same intestinal receptors as biotin, so too much biotin will prevent B5 from being absorbed and cause acne or a rash!

Folate (B9) is needed for cellular growth, including that of hair cells.

Vitamin B12 deficiency causes pernicious anemia, which can lead to hair loss.

💚 Vitamin C

To absorb iron, your body needs vitamin C, so a vitamin C deficiency can lead to an iron deficiency. Plus, vitamin C is an antioxidant. Antioxidants decrease oxidative stress, which is caused by an excess of unstable molecules called "free radicals" and can lead to hair loss. Vitamin C is also needed to produce another antioxidant, collagen (which we'll talk about later). If you've got a multivitamin, it probably contains vitamin C, but there are vitamin C pills too.

💙 Vitamin D

Vitamin D helps create new hair follicles, and a deficiency can cause hair loss. You can take supplements (it's often added to calcium supplements, which you should probably be taking anyway), but your skin produces vitamin D when exposed to the sun, so you should also go out and get some sunshine! Keep in mind that vitamin D is fat-soluble, so you need fat in your diet to absorb it--along with the fact that a low-fat diet can cause a hormonal imbalance, which might also affect your hair, you need dietary fat because of fat-soluble nutrients like vitamin D! But because it's fat-soluble, be aware that if you take too much of it via supplements, you can get ill.

💜 Vitamin E

Like vitamin C, vitamin E is an antioxidant. It may also improve circulation to the scalp. Used topically, vitamin E can moisturize the hair and scalp. It can be found in multivitamins, vitamin E pills, and, for topical use, in hair products like shampoo and hair masks. Vitamin E is fat-soluble, but an overdose is unlikely to make you sick. However, high doses can turn into a pro-oxidant and increase oxidative stress.

❤️ Vitamin A

Vitamin A is an antioxidant that prevents hair damage and helps produce sebum, an oily substance which moisturizes your hair. A vitamin A deficiency can lead to hair loss, but ironically, too much vitamin A can cause hair loss too. It's also a fat-soluble vitamin, so high amounts can make you sick and an overdose can be dangerous. But if you have trouble getting your recommended daily amount of vitamin A, try a multivitamin containing vitamin A or a vitamin A pill.

🧡 Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Omega-3s promote hair growth and shine. They decrease inflammation that can damage hair follicles and impede nutrition to the hair, and because they're fatty acids, they keep the scalp and hair from drying out. Fish oil pills are the easiest way to supplement omega-3s, but there are vegan supplements too. Just don't forget that omega-3s are fat-soluble and can be harmful in high doses.

💛 Zinc

Zinc is an antioxidant that is needed for cellular growth and repair, which includes the cells of hair and hair follicles. It also helps with protein synthesis, micronutrient absorption, and sebum production. Zinc deficiency can lead to hair loss, but like vitamin A, too much can also cause hair loss, as well as making you ill, so be careful. You can find zinc in zinc pills, multivitamins, and many calcium+magnesium supplements.

💚 Selenium

Selenium is an antioxidant that is incorporated into proteins called "selenoproteins," which help build keratin. Your body also uses it to maintain the thyroid, preventing hormonal hair loss, and when applied topically, it kills fungus that leads to dandruff. This is another one that causes hair loss and sickness with both deficiency and overdose. So unless you're using it topically in dandruff treatment, use selenium wisely. In addition to selenium pills, look for it in multivitamins and some zinc supplements.

💙 Silica

As a key component in connective tissue, silica strengthens hair fibers. It also strengthens blood vessels, thus increasing blood circulation to the scalp. It's anti-inflammatory and is necessary for collagen production. It helps to balance hormones, too, which prevents hormonal hair loss. Silica pills and powder come from several sources—typically seaweed or the horsetail plant—but you can also find it in mineral water.

💜 Collagen

Several of the amino acids used to build keratin are found in collagen, and it may fight free radicals as well. Try looking into collagen pills or powder.

Diet

Here's a few examples of good foods for your hair! If the emojis don't match perfectly, shhh, yes they do.

🥦 Leafy greens (spinach, kale, collard, broccoli, chard, arugula, etc)

iron, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, zinc, selenium, silica, antioxidants

🌾 Fortified whole grains (oats, whole wheat, whole rye, whole barley, brown rice, quinoa, etc)

protein, iron, vitamin B, vitamin D, vitamin E, zinc, selenium, silica

🥚 Whole eggs

protein, iron, vitamin B, vitamin D, vitamin A, zinc, selenium, collagen

🐟 Salmon, tuna, and other fish

protein, iron, vitamin B, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin A, omega-3s, selenium

🌰 Nuts and seeds

protein, iron, vitamin B, vitamin E, omega-3s, zinc, selenium, antioxidants

🥜 Legumes (soybeans, chickpeas, beans, peanuts, peas, lentils, etc)

protein, iron, vitamin B, zinc, selenium, silica, antioxidants

🥛 Fortified dairy

protein, vitamin B, vitamin D, vitamin A, omega-3s, zinc, selenium

🍄 Mushrooms

protein, iron, vitamin B, vitamin D, zinc, selenium

🥕 Carrots

vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, silica, antioxidants

🥩 Meat

protein, iron, vitamin B, zinc, selenium

🥔 Potatoes

iron, vitamin B, vitamin C, zinc, selenium

🍈 Mangos

vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, silica

🍌 Bananas

vitamin B, vitamin C, selenium, silica

🍠 Sweet potatoes

iron, vitamin C, vitamin A, antioxidants

🍑 Dried apricots

iron, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A

🍫 Dark chocolate

iron, zinc, antioxidants

🥑 Avocados

vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E

🍓 Berries

vitamin C, vitamin E, antioxidants

🍅 Tomatoes

vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A

🍲 Bone broth

protein, collagen

🍮 Gelatin

protein, collagen

🍊 Oranges

vitamin B, vitamin C

Hair Care

✨ Avoid any kind of heat or harsh chemicals.

✨ Gently comb your hair with a wide-tooth comb instead of brushing it.

✨ To reduce knots and tangles, sleep with your hair in a loose standard braid. I like to put a fabric scrunchie on the very end, but I don't tie off the top of the braid.

✨ Never comb your hair when it's wet. Gently finger-comb it if you really have to.

✨ Avoid tight hairstyles (remember JoJo Siwa's hairline?).

✨ Use scrunchies, scarves, ribbons, and ribbon ties instead of hair ties.

✨ Only wash your hair 1-3 times a week. If needed, use dry shampoo, baby powder, or cornstarch in between washes.

✨ Shower in cool or cold water.

✨ Use sulfate-free shampoo and conditioner.

✨ Opt for natural hair products when possible.

✨ Do a nourishing/moisturizing/replenishing hair mask or a deep condition once a week.

✨ Gently massage your head for a few minutes every day to stimulate blood circulation to your scalp. For extra blood flow, do it while hanging your head upside down.

✨ Trim your hair regularly.

✨ Avoid unnecessarily touching your hair.

✨ Add a few drops of castor oil, lavender oil, peppermint oil, rosemary oil, and/or argan oil to a couple tablespoons of olive oil or coconut oil, plus 1/4 tsp of cayenne pepper. Now you have growth-stimulating hair oil to massage into your scalp.

Products

(NOTE: I have not tried these products myself!! Most of them are recommendations from MyProAna users.)

🌹 PURA D'OR

This brand has shampoos, conditioners, serums, etc. for hair thinning. The products get great reviews on Amazon, and some are even best sellers or Amazon's Choice products (I assume Amazon's Choice means it's good).

🌺 NIOXIN

This brand is designed for thinning hair and includes various products, including hair regrowth treatments. These products also get great Amazon reviews, with a couple best sellers and Amazon's Choice products.

🌼 ApHogee

This brand uses protein in a variety of products made for damaged hair. Great Amazon reviews and an Amazon's Choice product.

🌻 Grow Gorgeous

This brand has shampoos, conditioners, serums, etc. for thinning and damaged hair. The Amazon reviews are decent and there's an Amazon's Choice product.

🏵️ OGX Thick & Full + Biotin & Collagen shampoo and conditioner

I have no idea how effective the ingredients are when used topically, but for what it's worth, this shampoo and conditioner contains biotin, collagen, and wheat protein. The Amazon reviews look good and the 19.5 oz duo-set is an Amazon's Choice product. OGX has other hair products for nourishing, healing, etc., but it's not like they were recommended by a rando on MyProAna, so I have no idea if they're any good 🤷

🌷 Rogaine

This is the brand name for topical minoxidil, which is currently the only FDA-approved treatment for female hair loss. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT CAN TREAT HAIR LOSS FROM MALNOURISHMENT, but I actually plan to buy some generic minoxidil off eBay when I go back to school. There's a 2% formula and a 5% formula; the 5% formula has been found to work more effectively.

💐 Propecia

This is the brand name for finasteride, the only other FDA-approved treatment for hair loss, but it is not approved for women. However, a recent study found that for women, a daily dose of 2.5 mg (the normal dose is 1 mg) improved hair loss without many side effects. Idk though, I personally wouldn't take it unless the FDA approves it for women. Just in case, y'know? I'm not sure if you can get it over-the-counter, but it does appear that you can buy it online.

Good luck!

#obligatory not pro just using the tags (primarily for the people who have them blacklisted)#anamia #anorexia #anorexix #anorexya #anorexa #bulimia #bulimix #bulimya #bulima #proana #pro ana #promia #pro mia #eating disorder #ed #mental illness #tw #cw

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moonlightstars16 · 4 years ago

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Birthday Kiss

AN: Happy Birthday Steven Universe!

And thank you @ponpasta who inspired a part of this story with her beautiful artwork.

Traveling long distances for some are not exactly ideal. For Steven? A golden opportunity. He loved the time to just sit and listen to music, take things leisurely if he wanted(going on the right roads to do so of course), see all the sites and make notes of where everything is, etc. At first it was an adjustment but he grew to love it in no time. However he this wasn't just some long drive to anywhere he wanted to go.

He was visiting his old hometown, Beach City. Always keeping his childhood home close to his heart. Though it was time to spread his wings so to speak. Going back every once in awhile wasn't so bad though. Especially since he almost hit every single state he planned on. This was a nice break. Greg asked him to come back to celebrate the old Car Wash being upgraded and loads more "wealthy" customers as regulars. One of them being Nanefua since she became mayor(though always a customer just a more richer one).

It was an odd thing to celebrate but he was still proud of his dad. Continuing to work even though he had the money, well a part of it. He gave three-fourths of it to Steven for his travels and expenses; until he found a place and use the rest to start a home for himself. In a strange way he felt like he owed him at list a weekly visit. Besides still loving his dad like he always did. That never changed.

Upon arriving back to the temple beach house, he sucked in a deep breathe. This home he lived in had been through so much. Good and bad. It was like walking into a moment out of time. Nothing had changed since he left. Besides a few house plants on the front porch. Holding his hand up he flinched back as the door swung open. Garnet right there with a smile on her face.

"Steven!" She spoke in her abnormal tone of voice and opened her arms as he let his bag fall and embraced for a hug.

"Yo Steven!" Amethyst shouted as she slid down the staircase railing and joined in on the hug. Another loud gasp was heard as Pearl rushed up in tears.

"S-S-Steven!" She stuttered through her cries. Steven smiled as they stood there and he was embraced in their warmth and love. Something he missed while out on the road. His own tears brimmed his eyes as he blinked them back, pulling apart to look at them. Still being the most amazing people on the planet.

"I missed you all so much too." He spoke softly as they lead him back into the house. They told him his father was at the car wash and would see him when they got home later. Sitting in the open living room, Steven told them all of his adventures since last time they did a video chat.

How he had met Sour Cream one night surprisingly as he was DJing at a gig he had gotten through connections. The different cultures and the many different ways to save a flat tire and still use it in the middle of nowhere. Using his powers of course. Which he had gotten used to having again. Just using is sparingly. The gems told him all that was going on with the school and keeping him up on current events. Also how Pearl discovered emoji's recently. Which made Amethyst groan.

Greg came home soon after and hugged his amazing son. Steven relaying all he had told the gems to his dad. However when it came to asking about the car wash upgrade, certain questions were dodged in vague statements. Something in his gut told him it wasn't right. But after he literally just arrived, it probably wasn't the best to push it at the moment.

The gems and Greg insisted to Steven to at least take up his old room for the stay. To have a chance to sleep in a 'real bed' once more. After awhile he agreed just because he grew tired. Once everyone went to sleep, Steven laid in the bed and scrolled through his next traveling game plan when he got a text from a certain Jam Bud.

Hey I heard you just got home! You asleep???

Nope, I mean I'm tired but apparently not enough to fall asleep. Lolz

Oh I'm sorry! We can talk later if you want.

It's okay I want to converse with you. I really want to. Steven added heart emojis for emphasis as Connie gave back a quizzical emoji.

Is that so...check out your window. With a sly smirk and glance emoji, a winking one and a blowed kiss, he got up, slipping on his old salmon-pink flip-flop sandals plus pink jacket, walked out to the balcony and smiled. There was his beloved girlfriend, his sweet strawberry. Dressed in what appeared to be a thin pajama top and shorts that came to mid thigh along with sandals and a thin jacket. Hair down as she smiled and held up a flashlight. Waving her hand to have him come down.

Which he did so by jumping off and floating down to the ground gently. Not a moment was wasted as they ran towards each other. Connie wrapping her arms around his neck as he held her waist and swung her around from the impact twice before setting her down. Letting their lips touch in a gentle but passionate kiss. Pulling back they sighed, with a slight muffled giggle, before gazing into each others eyes.

"I'm so happy to see you in person!" Her voice though in a whisper was full of excitement.

"Always a joy to see you face to face...not through a screen." He added with another giggle as she nodded in agreement. "Though what's with all the secrecy?"

"What? Can't a gal like me just sneak out to surprise her sweet boyfriend? On his special day no less!"

"So you snuck out of your parents house and came her to see me for my birthday?" He had thought of it in passing but not to much in depth when it came to his own birthday. Still he never forgot important dates like this one. Even if he didn't think of it so highly as others have. Still this was beyond a sweet sentiment.

"Yes" She smiled as her head tilted slightly with adoration. "I know your family is going to stick around almost at the hip and I just wanted some time to spend alone with you. So if you are okay, I want to spend the first few minutes of your birthday with you. Starting..." She looked at her phone as the clock changed to twelve midnight. "Now! Happy birthday Steven!"

"Thank you" he chuckled at the kind gesture she showed for him. "But you didn't have to sneak away."

"Steven I would do anything to make you happy or show you how much I deeply care for you. Speaking of which, I found out a fun fact! I found out that a tradition on someones' birthday, you punch that person the amount of years they're turning." With a sly smirk Steven gulped and raised his hands up in the defensive. Connie was strong and was at times unpredictable.

"So you want to punch me seventeen times?" He asked with a joking nervous laugh and smile. Which made Connie burst out laughing a bit and instantly covering her mouth from the noise.

"Oh my starts Steven! I wouldn't punch you like that, especially that many times for your birthday." She explained after catching her breathe.

"Oh.. well that's interesting to know." He said with a curious look in his eyes as she rolled hers.

"Yes it is interesting, but you know what else is too?" Stepping closer she wrapped her arms around his neck as he slipped his around her back and waist. Their faces a few inches away as he gazed into her twinkling eyes. Slowly her lips found his as her eyes were shut, his following soon after. The kiss was gentle, slow and full of love. Pulling back she placed her forehead against his as they smiled, eyes still closed but their warmth still lingering.

"So you want to...kiss me seventeen times?"

"Our boy grew smarter, 'cuz bingo!" She whispered, fluttering her eyes open once more. "Not just any kiss. But one where everything around us disappears and it's just me and you."

"Well since I have sixteen left, can I have another?" He smirked as she sighed slightly shaking her head.

"Like you had do ask?" Giggling she leaned in closer and kissed him once more as he pulled her closer. Hardly breaking apart except for air. They stood like that for awhile. Letting their love fill the aura around them both. Soon Connie had to go back but promised Steven to see him later to finish giving his gift throughout the day. Before leaving on Lion Connie hugged him tight and gave another quick peck on the lips (but that didn't count persay).

"Connie, thank you."

"Of course Steven, Happy birthday." With a smile he helped her get on Lion's back and held her hand briefly.

"See you in a few hours?"

"I'll be right back at your side before you know it." Connie promised as he kissed her hand to show gratitude before allowing her to leave and going back to his own bed. Finally having a full night's peaceful rest. Especially before the craziness of the next day. Birthday notes all over the house as he got ready and was surprised by the party his family and friends were giving at the Car Wash, which did have a make-over but Greg avoided it so he wouldn't want to go there just yet. Especially since all the party decorations were already put up.

Everyone in Beach City came as well as gems from Little HomeSchool to celebrate. At first it was a bit overwhelming, but then the small reunion of 'Sadie Killer and the Suspects' (Just for him) began to lighten his spirits. Just like it did when he was a child. His father had him dawn the old king's cape and crown for the photo album, he talked with everyone and caught up with everything human and gem related. Realizing just how much the difference hardly mattered here. Both sides were living together in harmony because of all he had done. To see just that was all he could've asked for.

Leaping up he sat on the edge of the stage he sighed, looking at Connie. Whom was sitting next to him as well, wearing a beautiful strawberry dress. Both drinking punch and watching as everyone was having a great time. She nudged his shoulder playfully as he did so back. Both caught in a middle shoulder battle until their laughter interrupted it all.

"So, are you having fun?"

"I'm happy to see everyone together like this."

"Well you did influence a lot of this."

"Like I influenced your outfit, Strawberry." he teased as she blushed and gulped.

"Yes... I'm only saying it because it's your birthday!"

"Well thank you my liege for your honest." He chuckled as she sighed.

"Speaking of which, do you want your fifteenth kiss now?" He turned to face her and brushed hair away from her cheek, allowing his hand to linger there.

"Please?" Her hand overlapped his. Without a word she complied and answered so with her lips once again on his own. Neither caring if anyone saw.

Steven was beyond happy to have Connie in his life. She brought him joy in a way no one else could. She stuck by him even when they were fighting. It was her to bring out the best parts of himself. Their love they shared. Without her, he didn't know if he would be the Seventeen year old he was today. he might've influenced human and gem culture, but Connie influenced his life. Changing it for the better.

That was the best birthday present he could have ever asked for.

#steven universe #steven universe future #connie maheswaran #steven and connie #stevenxconnie #connverse #happy bday steven #happy birthday steven #connverse one shot

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softlimefluff · 5 years ago

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If it hasn’t been requested yet, could I ask for some HCs for Pol Pol celebrating Christmas with his s/o? Ily and happy holidays!💛 (I think there was an emoji for this before in your emoji HC ask meme thing but my WiFi is too laggy for me to check ^^;;)

You’re good, Cleo! ily too! Happy Holidays, dear!!! 💚💚💚

🎄Christmas/Holiday of choice HC

-Polnareff is proud of his French heritage and culture and would definitely want to share those with you! The main ones would involve food (I’ll get more in depth in a minute hehe) but he’d also want to go to Midnight Mass with you. He might not go to services all the time, but I think it’s still an important part of him! Pol holds his beliefs close and though he may not talk about it much, faith helps makes him who he is. His kindness and big heart speak louder than any proselytizing.

-Before Christmas, he’d want to walk around town and see all the lights and Christmas displays in the shops! Spending time with you is one of his love languages and even if you don’t buy anything, he’ll be thrilled just to have gone out!

-If any friends are around, Pol would love to host a Christmas Eve party and invite them (all the Stardust bois for sure, even Iggy!!). Here’s where all the food comes in—the best cheese, wine, and bread, of course, but also smoked salmon, goose, roasted chestnuts, green beans, and a yule log cake.

-For after dinner, he’d go over the top and set up Les Treize (13) desserts and make sure to describe each of them, as each object holds a specific meaning (find all the objects and meanings here: https://ethnicspoon.com/13-desserts-french-christmas-tradition/) Everyone would be impressed and enjoy the final course into the late hours, sitting by the fire and sharing stories as you and Pol snuggle on the couch.

-On Christmas day, he would want to spend all morning with you, with breakfast, coffee or hot chocolate, listening to festive music, and exchanging gifts. His energy is infectious and you’d be in a good mood all day as the two of you celebrate a quiet and happy holiday together!

#hcs #holiday headcanons #jean pierre polnareff #polnareff headcanons #jjba #stardust crusaders

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michiamotippete · 5 years ago

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SHE WAS BORED

Hi! This is my first attempt writing a smut one shot!

Enjoy it!

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Natsu had just got home from the firehouse, he was the department chief and he had to go through a lot of paperwork during his day at work. He loved his job but having to make sure everything was always sorted was exhausting. He sighed tiredly, happy to be home and have some time to relax.

-Hi buddy!- said him to the blue Chartreux that was headbutting his ankles. He bent over to pet his little friend, scooping him up into his muscular arms. The little cat started purring and closed his black eyes. Natsu chuckled, ruffling his salmon hair with his hand.

-I know Happy, this day was long!-

Natsu put the cat down on the large white bed in the bedroom, searching for some clean clothes. He sniffed himself and cringed, he stank really bad. He went to the bathroom to have a shower, but when he was about to put a foot into it, he heard a little bling.

Lucy (key and stars emojis): Natsuuuu I’m bored!

He smiled at the screen. Lucy is his best friend and girlfriend. They had been friends since Lucy’s sophomore year at the high school, but they started dating at her first year at college. He always thought to be extremely lucky, Lucy is a curvy blonde with big brown eyes and plump rosy lips. She’s clever, smart, kind and weird; she could have had everyone at her feet. Every boy at school wanted to go out with her, but she chose him. He didn’t know why; he was reckless and goofy, and she was too much for him. She was like the brightest star in the sky, with her fair skin and her golden hair; she was amazing, and he vowed to himself that until she wanted to, he will give everything he got to her. He loved her and his mission was to make her smile, because her smile was the most beautiful thing in the entire universe.

Natsu: Too bad, I can’t help you :P

He looked at the screen, the phrase “is writing…” appeared and he waited, looking at the profile image of his girlfriend. It was a picture of them, Natsu had his arm around Lucy’s shoulders and was grinning at the phone while Lucy was kissing his cheek with her manicured hand cupping his other cheek.

Lucy (key and stars emojis): But Natsu! I don’t know…Can we play at something?

Natsu chuckled, imagining the pout on Lucy’s lips.

Natsu: Lucy, you’re in Alvarez at the moment and I’m home. In Fiore. In Magnolia. About to take a shower.

He waited a few seconds for her answer, but it didn’t arrive, so he entered the shower. He was washing his hair when a bling came and soon another followed. He rinsed his hair under the rain of the shower and checked his phone. “Thank God it’s waterproof!” thought him checking his conversation with her.

Lucy (key and stars emojis): I know I’m in Alvarez dummy, but I’M BORED! I finished the conference early today and now I’m in my hotel room.

Lucy (key and stars emojis): Sooo….you’re naked now?

He blinked once, then twice at the second message. What a weird question, well she’s weird so what did he expect?

Natsu: Yeah? I’m showering so I need to be naked or are you saying that we did this thing wrong our entire life and we need to wash ourselves with our clothes on?

He resumed cleaning himself, rubbing the soap bar onto his tan skin. Bling. He groaned. He loved her, but damn he wanted to finish to wash himself. He finished what he was doing, deciding to check his phone after he exited the shower box. Bling. He huffed, tying a towel slightly under where his hips formed a “v”. A pink happy trail poking above the white cloth. He took his phone and looked at the notification. Lucy has sent a picture. He furrowed his eyebrows and checked the image, when it opened his breath itched in his throat. Lucy was wearing a loose silky pink tank top, her cleavage deepened by her arms pressing together. Her blonde hair was caught in a messy bun. Her eyes were looking at him with lust, cheeks slightly pink and one finger was caught between her teeth. He felt heat pooling in the pit of his stomach. His eyes grazing her figure, absorbing every detail.

Lucy (key and stars emojis): That’s a pity. I’d like to take a shower with you…

Natsu coughed, trying to regain his breath. A thought of her watching him like that, while straddling his lap, crossed his mind. He shook his head and started typing.

Natsu: Luce, what are you doing?

He was confused, amused and let’s be honest: he was starting to be fired up. She left for her business trip a week ago and the trip will last two more weeks. It was hard. They were never apart for long and this period without her was going to be the hardest in his life. Especially, if she kept be a little minx.

Lucy (key and stars emojis): I don’t know what you mean Natsu. I just need to take a shower, you know…let the water drip down my body, lather my arms, my stomach, my breast…

Natsu’s eyes widened. He knew very well that image. He helped her a lot doing that kind of task, maybe slipping his hand between her thighs and feeling how much she wanted him to...

-No! Calm yourself!- he said to himself slapping his cheeks. He watched himself in the mirror and a slight bulge caught his eyes. He sighed. She always made him feel fired up really quickly.

Natsu: oh really? You don’t know? Well go on, I’m sorry I already took a shower

He replied, adding an image of him in front of the mirror. Towel tied up onto his hips. Bangs down still dump. A hand was ruffling his hair while flexing his arms muscles. A grin on his lips and eyes cocky.

It took Lucy several minutes to replay and Natsu took advantage of the pause on his hormones to get dressed. He wore a pair of grey tracksuit bottoms and a black muscular top. He went to the kitchen to cook something to himself. Bling. He was getting some bread for a sandwich when he heard it. Natsu retrieved his phone from the pocket and saw that Lucy had sent a video. He swallowed noisily and opened the video. Lucy was pointing the phone at the mirror in her bathroom. Her hair was down, and she was playing with a strand between her fingers. A sly grin pulling at her lips. Natsu was having problem at breathing. Her body was clad in a tiny pink towel that reached her mid-thigh. The towel was slightly open on the front, giving him a peek of her toned stomach and a part of her groin.

-You’re right Natsu. I’m gonna take a nice hot bath instead- she winked at him, licking her lips and started untying her towel. Natsu’s eyes widened. His bulge returning at full speed. She was painfully slow and when she was almost done…the video stopped. He groaned. “That little minx!” he thought.

Natsu: Luce you’re playing with fire, you know that, right?

A growl escaped his lips. He wanted so bad to bend her over the sink and make her beg to fill her with…

No, bad Natsu. Keep calm.

Lucy (key and stars emojis): What’d you do to make me understand what I’m doing?

And another pic. That woman was gonna be the death of him. She was in the bathtub. The water reached just above her nipples. Her long dump golden hair was floating around her. Her eyes hooded with lust and the lower lip caught between her teeth. A hand was on her cleavage.

Natsu licked his lips. He wanted to taste her. This was unfair. His boxer was beginning to be tight.

Natsu: I’ll make you beg

He had completely forgot about his sandwich and was now massaging his length through his pants.

Lucy (key and stars emojis): beg for what?

She was doing the innocent part, but Natsu knew she was a perverted. He knew what she wanted. His pants hurt at the thought.

Natsu: For me. For my cock inside you. You will beg me to fuck you so bad you won’t walk for a week

Lucy (key and stars emojis): Maybe you will beg me

He chuckled. His eyes beginning to darken with lust. She was playing so well with him. He lowered his tracksuit bottoms and his boxer to grasp his length. Pre cum was spilling from the tip. He hissed at the feeling of the cold hair kissing he’s heated skin.

Natsu: No you won’t, cause you’re being a bad girl and bad girls need to be punished

She answered. With and audio. “Oh God, what if she’s touching herself?” he thought, grunting. He started pumping his shaft faster, imagining Lucy a moaning mess while he’s thrusting into her from behind. Her hair held by his hand, the other firm on her hips. He groaned and listened to the audio.

-Why am I a bad girl, Natsuu?- her voice was airy. She moaned his name and he heard the water moving. So, she was touching herself. A growl escaped his lips, picturing his goddess of a girlfriend touching her slick folds. The water making her wetter and helping her pump her pretty dainty fingers inside her. He had to grip the counter, his cock twitching. He needed to feel her tight pussy around him, clenching him.

-Oh fuck, Lucy- he answered her with a vocal message -you keep doing this little play and I’m gonna tie you and oblige you watch me get off- he groaned at the phone.

She was calling him. Lucy wanted to have sex on the phone with him. They never done it. Yeah, they had sexted a lot, but they never had done that. Lucy had always said she was embarrassed, she’d get flustered and the mood would be ruined. However now she wanted to do it and he was all fired up. Who was him to neglect this thing to her?

He answered the phone. -Lucy- growled him. His grip on the counter making his knuckles turning white. She was panting heavily.

-Natsu- she breathed -you’d want me to watch you touch yourself?- her voice was airy. He grunted her name, tightening the grip on his shaft and slowing his movements.

-You’re not being my good girl Luce. You want to be punished, don’t you?-

She mewled his name. She appeared in his mind. One hand to her breast, pinching her rosy nipples, the other one between her thighs. Two fingers pumping inside her, while her thumb giving quickly strokes to her clit. Her head rested against the bathtub.

-Yes, yes, I want to- her voice was a whisper and Natsu fought to not cum right away.

-You’d want to be fucked senseless Luce?- his finished talking with a grunt. His dick twitching in his hand, he thumbed his tip where pre cum was spilling and he dragged the slick substance along his length.

She moaned again. -Yes Natsu, I want to feel you inside me- she said.

-Well Luce, you gotta wait cause you need to be punished. You know, I said you were a bad girl and you didn’t receive it yet…- he told her chuckling. He was sure she was pouting, a whispered “but Natsu!” escaped her pretty lips.

-You need to be spanked. You pretty ass high while I stay behind you. Your wrists tied with my scarf. Tell me Luce, you’d like that?- his voice low, loaded with lust. Several minutes passed. Lucy moaning loudly. She was a mess just with his words. His hips were thrusting in his hand, imagining it was his girlfriend womanhood.

-Yes, yes, yes! Oh Natsu I’m ngh close…-

-My dirty girl. You’re getting off just with my words. You can’t wait to be punished, Luce? You need it badly, don’t you? Do you want me to make you cum just spanking you, eh? You’ll be so beautiful; with your hips high. You’ll be a mess and after you cum I’m gonna put my dick into you and make you cum again.- he didn’t know why but talking dirty was one of his biggest turn on and he knew it was Lucy’s too.

He heard her cum. That was so hot. He felt something break inside him, pleasure shot through his veins. A low growl resonated in his throat. Her name escaped his lips. He came with three spurts; a white and sticky substance was now visible on the side of the marble kitchen counter.

-I regret not doing this before, it was…- she said out of breath, still recovering from her high.

-Yeah- he said, cringing at the counter and taking some napkins to clean the mess.

-Natsu? What’s wrong? You thought it was weird? We don’t have to do it again, you know…- concern filtered from her voice.

-Luce, no! I liked it! Imaging you, touching yourself and getting off just from my words…that was hot! I just…I came and…uhm…I’m in the kitchen…- he scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

-Natsu Dragneel! You came on MY kitchen counter, didn’t you?-

She was angry. Really angry. “And here I thought we could do it again…” he told himself.

#smut #fan fiction #Nalu #fairy tail nalu #nalu fic #nalu fanfic #smut fanfiction #natsu x lucy

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lizzybeth1986 · 5 years ago

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Quick Thoughts on TRH Book 1, Chapter 13 (One Last Yeehaw)

• It's the chapter everyone's been waiting for! We're pregnant, we get to tell our spouses, we get to tell our friends, we get to tell the courtly ladies, Olivia wears leather, our MCs get to buy a crib for an poppy seed-sized something in their womb that doesn't even know what hands and legs are yet (forget cribs), and the best news of all...WE ARE FINALLLY LEAVING TEXAS!!!!

• If you don't want to see this post on your dash, these are the tags to block: #trh quick thoughts, #trh qts, #trh qt reblogs and #long post.

• Screenshots:

Hana: The Universal Studios 77 YouTube channel

Drake: @thefirstcourtesan and the HIMEME YouTube channel

Maxwell: @itsbrindleybinch

Title: Spreading the Word

Alternative Title: It's a Child, Not the Gospel 🤦🏽‍♀

• Before I start talking about the chapter...storytime!

• Sooo...my first pregnancy was a couple of years ago. And I like telling the story of how I broke it to my husband coz it is pretty damn funny. We'd been trying for two years, and had a couple of times when our tests would be met with a disappointing negative. So by the time I did get pregnant, the hubby was a little wary of hoping too soon.

• I had an inkling just before my periods were expected to arrive, because I found myself flopping down on the bed immediately after work, without even making dinner. No morning sickness, no giddiness initially, just constantly feeling so tired. Anyway, hubby insisted I wait a couple days more before a test because he was too afraid of getting his hopes up, and I agreed.

• I took my test around 4 or 5 that morning? And had to wait a couple minutes for the lines...and THERE WERE TWO. Do you really think I could keep such news to myself for more than ten seconds?? (even that was too much). Of course I was going to shake poor hubby awake and show him the test.

• It took five vigorous shakes to wake the poor guy up, and as soon as he was somewhat awake I shoved the test in his face (I was excited ok! 🙈) forgetting that without his glasses he couldn't see shit (very high power). "I can't see anything," he said sleepily, so I gave him his glasses. Ensuing conversation went as follows.

H: There are two lines.

Me: Yeah...sooooo...? 😀😀

H (sudden realization what two lines are supposed to mean): OMG there are two lines??? *sleepy smile*

Me: YES. I'M PREGNANT.

H (weakly): Yayyyy. (pause)...can I go back to sleep now?

Me: But what will I do???

H: You also sleep.

Me (running on sheer adrenaline now) : I CAN'T SLEEP I JUST FOUND OUT I'M PREGNANT.

H: Oooookay. (is too sleepy at this point to process anything).

Me: (excitedly hops over to Google at 5.20 in the morning and types out "I'm 4 weeks pregnant now what")

LMAO. That first pregnancy was quite something.

• The chapter begins with the MC sending her spouse a text. Depending on whether you mentioned a surprise, mentioned that you need to have a talk or texted emojis instead, the LI will react accordingly.

• With the surprise option, the LI flirts with her. With "we need to talk", they appear tense and believe she's angry with them. The emoji option is the funniest, coz the MC sends a string of emojis with the last one being this: 🍞, and the LIs are confused and referencing the bread (I've seen only two routes of this one - Liam talks about the Cordonian Baker's Festival which will only happen after a couple months, and Hana speaks about a bread course). The MC is puzzled at first, then gets to choose how to tell her spouse the news.

• AAAAAND NOW THEY KNOW.

Liam: Ecstatic and excited at the thought of holding his own child in his arms. Immediately after, he worries over the preparations they will need to make, the childproofing of the throne room and the things they will need to get ready, and it is the MC who calms him down.

I personally love that the narrative makes a mention of Liam "recentering himself" here, because it does show me that this is a rare display of raw emotion, of Liam letting go of his control, and you get a glimpse of what calming down for him looks like. Wish it hasn't taken four books to actually muster up the effort to write that.

Hana: One of the sweetest reactions ever - "We're going to be moms?" and a hearty squeal after that. She then becomes emotional and teary, cries with joy. There's some gentle teasing of each other where they call each other "cute", and then Hana tells her she's so glad she gets to share both this moment and this entire journey of pregnancy with the MC.

Hana doesn't show many signs of her intensive planning in this particular scene, because this - again - calls for raw emotion where the LI basically forgets their "normal" and truly savours that moment, but we do see signs of the same type of planning in other scenes.

Maxwell: WHOOPS with joy and excitement as soon as he realizes. Wants to scream out the news on a mountaintop. He promises the MC that their family will be the most awesome, most fun one that the kingdom has ever seen.

I love how Maxwell's overall vibe in this chapter seems to reflect his family situation - he definitely wants to be the exact opposite to his own child what his father has been to him. It's a pity they don't explore that enough.

Drake: Wild with joy, can't stop grinning. But also worried about whether he is being careless with the MC and is overly concerned for her. Calls her not just by her surname but also her first name. I wonder if that should be added to my Book 1 tallies 😂

• That TRR lullaby music is going to be played so much after this that we'll eventually get sick of it. I know it. I know it already.

• The LIs also get to check in with the MC about how she's feeling, and you as the reader get to decide how she is feeling at the moment (ecstatic, nervous, scared?). We also get the option to decide when to break the news to our friends (at the reception itself, or the next morning at breakfast). I think enough of us had an axe to grind with Savannah and Bertrand for the stunt they pulled (with our help) last book, that most people slammed that "reception" button like their lives depended on it.

• The LIs also act in different ways before their friends find out about the pregnancy:

Liam and Hana both dote on the MC, and Hana specifically keeps the MC's dietary restrictions in mind (gets sparkling water/orange juice in place of champagne/mimosas, asks about caffeine content/salmon during breakfast - this varies depending on when you make the announcement). With Drake, the group figures out that he has something on his mind because he's grinning nonstop, and Maxwell tries really really hard to hint at the MC's pregnancy by using phrases like 'bun in the oven' and 'expecting', and gives up in frustration when no one catches on.

• There are three ways you can tell the news to the group - if you're at the reception, you can leave them to guess, get the LI to announce via loudspeaker or scream it out. If you're at home, the same three options except the second one is simply the LI delivering the news in a more low-key manner.

•

YOU'RE SUCH DORKS ISTG.

• Bertrand is happy for us but Savannah is surprisingly (to my great joy) nowhere to be found.

• CELEBRATORY DIAMOND SCENE. For 30 diamonds, which is usually reserved either for finales or turning-point diamond scenes. Again, these scenes deal with the newness of it all, the jubilation, the end of a (not very long, actually) wait, and the LIs get to talk about family.

•

The sex part is 🔥 🔥 🔥 as usual, but the parts that really justify the 30 diamonds we're spending come before and after that. Each LI, as I've mentioned before, responds differently, but the thread that connects them all is the awe and wonder at this new life, and their plans and worries for the future (Good. You all should be worried if Olivia's diamond scene is anything to go by).

- Liam: In the pre-sex portion, the focus is on celebrating this moment they have alone - as parents - together, because once this news is brought out to the world, both they and their child will be thrown into the spotlight. I have spoken in this essay about the kind of upbringing royal children tend to have and the lessons they unknowingly learn in that environment. Liam has gone through this, he is aware his child will go through it too, but he wants the child to have as normal a life as he as a father can provide. This is clear in the last portion of the scene, where he touches the MC's stomach, marvels at the life they both created and - as per the MC's choice - communicates with said child. My favourite option of course is the lullaby, because it's one that Eleanor used to sing to him - and it is interesting how a lot of Liam's memories of an actual parent, doing actual parent-things, is of his mother.

- Hana: In the pre-sex portion, she speaks about how nervous they've both been over whether this pregnancy would happen and the pressure from the court, and how excited she is that that moment is finally here. When the MC asks her if she is nervous or scared, Hana tells her that even though everything that has led up to this (leaving her parents, having a new life in Cordonia) has been unknown and scary, knowing that they will finally have their own family outweighs "all the worries in the world". In the last portion of the scene, they flirt playfully, leading Hana at some point to wonder about whether they should set ground rules if the child is going to be such a charmer. She's already got a whole range of things prepared - from a pregnancy kit to snacks and drinks appropriate for the MC's condition - but the MC encourages her to relax and not worry too much. You can tell that Hana is already in the zone of wanting to be a better parent for her child than her own.

- Maxwell: I find the Maxwell version of this scene really interesting this time, because it deals with both his struggle to change for his child, and his struggle to NOT be the kind of father Bartie Sr was (finally they address this!). The first part of the scene involves Maxwell being his usual excitable self, wanting to scream the news from the rooftops then realising that it might be too risky for his wife. He speaks of wanting to "rewire" himself into "Good Dad mode". The last portion is especially poignant, because he speaks both of what a life without the MC would have been life (an enjoyable Beaumont Bash, but one where he is forever searching for someone, and feeling constantly lonely, like something is missing in his life), and he also promises his wife that he will be the kind of father who will learn and grow from his mistakes, and who will be there whenever his children need him most, not just drop by on the day of their child's wedding.

- Drake: Drake also falls back into old-habit before getting into father-mode - he mentions celebrating with drinks before realizing the MC cannot have them. The MC gets to choose either a non alcoholic beverage or a massage, and as far as I have seen the massage comes with yet another family story about his father massaging a particular spot in his mother's shoulder that would easily tense up. It astounds me how much effort the writers make into making Drake's scenes and exchanges so much more personal than the others. Like the others have their moments in this scene too - but in their cases such moments are the exception, not the norm. In Drake's it's always the norm.

In the aftermath of the scene, the couple get to discuss how they will bring up their child, even though that child will be heir to Cordonia's throne, and get to choose if they want to bring that child up with a sense of normality, or to appreciate the benefits they get from the royal life. In the end, all Drake wants this child to know at the moment is how much their parents love them.

• We now have brunch, hosted by the newlyweds. If we have not yet announced our pregnancy, Bertrand will simply announce us the way a herald would at a royal event before Savannah teases him for doing so, and if we have, he mentions that we are "celebrating the happy news with them once more". Bertrand speaks of being overly formal when he's very happy, and is even happier to mention the word "wife". That'll last.

• Leona gives Bertrand a cup of bourbon as a reward for the way he stood up to Chuck, claiming that she thought of him as a "pretty boy" who knew nothing, but was impressed by his behaviour on the wedding day. At this point I can only roll my eyes and finally celebrate when Auntie Bitch disappears. We've wasted way too much time than necessary on Drake's shitty family.

• If you haven't announced the news, you announce it after this scene. There are a few slight changes, esp the drinks mentioned in certain cases because the brunch is a more relaxed atmosphere than the reception so the food and drink items mentioned are pretty low-key. But everything else is pretty much as is.

• Bertrand and Savannah have a honeymoon to plan, which means we will finally get a break from them too, and Bianca asks us what we're planning in order to celebrate the news. Maxwell suggests getting a gift for the new arrival (9 months before arriving), and Savannah suggests they go to the general store and get something from there. The MC is nervous, because she wasn't exactly planning to meet Cassidy West again. Thankfully, he isn't at the store, so she's pretty safe 😂

•

All the LIs have items they will check out with their friends/wives, but the scene varies related to who the MC married. Minimally in most cases, quite a bit in just one. As usual.

Maxwell shows us baby socks, and realizes that this child is a "miniature human" who will have small-sized everything. Virtually nothing changes in this scene except for Maxwell calling the child "our baby" instead of "yours" in his own playthrough. Everything else is disappointingly identical.

Hana shows us a toy tea set (it's still early days but Hana tells the MC it will be fun to practice and to think of the treats the child can eat from that). If you are married to her, she gets a single line referencing the childhood scene where she waited in vain for her mother at her own tea party.

Liam's scene is the one wit the diamond option - as the King of Cordonia whose entire country's future rides on this child, he is the one who gets to show the MC (+ LI in their respective playthroughs) the crib. There are two variations in this scene - the ones where Liam speaks about "our heir". Other than that, very little difference (though he does mention Constantine in one line later, so I guess that's a plus).

Drake shows the MC a wooden rocking horse. In his friend playthrough, he speaks of the gift as something the child can have to remember "ol' Uncle Drake" by. But if you're married to him, there is a whole set of dialogues where Drake talks of riding horses being part of the Walker DNA, and there is a reference to the secret wedding (riding off into the sunset), and there is interactive banter between the MC and Drake that you don't see much of in the other playthroughs. I wish I could say I'm surprised.

• I mean...seriously??? Maxwell gets NO OTHER VARIATIONS??? Hana's mention of her mother never coming to her tea parties isn't even followed up by a line expressing comfort from the MC????

• Just as we got there options for our nursery decor, we also get three options for the crib (classic, royal, forest fairytale). The royal option is lavish, all gold and cream, and the fairytale option is whimsical, wood finish and the same patterns of forest animals and flowers and leaves as the walls. The classic option is, like its corresponding decor, "very neutral. very baby".

• We exit the shop as quickly as we can either because Maxwell broke a trampoline (in the Liam, Hana and Drake playthroughs), or Hana dropped some teacups (in Maxwell's playthrough).

• Once we're done shopping, we get a call from Olivia, who is at our estate in Valtoria, asking us for the most precious thing in our room. But before she can ask, we tell her we're either furniture shopping or pregnant. The option the writers want us to be choosing is "pregnant", because there's a scene where Olivia secretly happy-cries for us when she learns the news. We can agree to loan her either some fancy shoes, our engagement ring (in the Maxwell playthrough, apparently, there is a reference to the twig ring he made back at the beginning of Book 3) or the Cordonian Royal Sceptre. She isn't sure if she'll come back alive, so she thanks us in case she doesn't.

• The ensuing Olivia diamond scene comes with a chance to figure out what Olivia is upto, an advantage over Auvernal, and a tiny hint at a Nevrakis name for TRM.

• I must say, the writers never cease to go all out for Olivia. Even over the female LI that should have been treated like a co-protagonist. And it's tiring because yet again I'll have to see half the fandom drag Hana just so they can drool over the white girl (in fact I already have).

• Olivia's sprite on the left side of the screen...is going to take some getting used to. It's disorienting. But it's fine after a second one!

• Anyway. She is now at a casino in Monte Carlo, meeting up with Bradshaw and Isabella. She's clearly in super-spy mode, since she refers to the King and Queen of Auvernal as targets rather than their names or titles. She has a better edge over the two if she is honest about her intentions and doesn't pretend she just bumped into them.

• Bradshaw speaks about King Liam sending his 'attack dog' to them and 'not doing his own dirty work' which is hilarious considering this man is from a militaristic society yet doesn't even know the C of combat training and has never done anything besides strategizing.

• Isabella always delivers her stinky, unwarrented opinion as if it holds any weight or has any relevance. In Olivia's case, she mentions Anton's marriage contract with Olivia and wonders aloud how the Queen/Duchess still trusts her enough to allow Olivia in her inner circle after that. All three options to push back at Izzy are 🔥 but my favourite one is "you look like you know all about poor judgement" (which is true, look at who she married).

• Olivia then gambles with Bradfraud and Stinkybella, with whatever the MC chose to give her as stakes. The best option is to simply call Bardfraud on his bluff, because he folds easily. Depending on whether Olivia wins or loses the game, he either asks the guards to place the item in the penthouse, or to get more funds from there. Olivia takes note.

• She then has to make sure she nicks the key to the penthouse from Stinkybella, either by acting tipsy or by coming closer to her for an "awkward hug". Both do the job.

• She learns the following from the penthouse:

- Bradfraud and Stinkybella stay in separate rooms, which means things "aren't as rosy" between them.

- She finds a letter of rejection, doubtless from another royal couple, and this is an indication that they aren't as popular as they pretend to be.

- She finds a map of a land she doesn't recognize (is it Monterisso? Olivia would recognize a map of her own country...and neighboring countries...but who am I fooling it's not like team TRH concerns themselves with such ridiculous things as logic!), which has troop formations on it. They're planning something called Operation Swan. I've heard of "Black Swans" and "Swanning About" used as military terms, but there's not a lot I understand from this. Perhaps this leans more towards a "black swan" idea - where they will launch a surprise attack with a nation they are allying with? IDK.

- Basically, we have enough leverage to win against these two, thanks to Olivia's work.

• In any case, someone comes to the room, and Olivia is on the verge of getting caught. So she'll need to scale her way down.

• This shows us if you have Olivia pray to her ancestors for wings:

(Theodosia is clearly the Renaissance Nevrakis)

• If you don't choose to scale down, Olivia will land on the pool instead, but even then she makes it out okay. She decides to keep an eye out because Bradfraud and Stinkybella could pose as a problem for Liam and the MC.

• Olivia is operating on her own, as far as she has told Bradfraud, but the possibility that Liam is aware of what she is upto still exists. And the MC has no clue even if she is Liam's wife because:

a. The writers are too lazy to code this for Liam, and

b. It's not like the MC puts any effort into finding things out anyway

• We're now leaving the Walker Ranch, a couple hours later, and saying our goodbyes to Drake's mother and aunt. I heave a sigh of relief at the fact that there's no additional "memories" from Bianca become this family has gobbled up enough of our attention. Seems like their horrible attitude was really about the money they didn't get after all (it's a fair gripe to have, but doesn't exactly warrant the attitude they've been throwing around).

• Leona still acts like she did us a huge fucking favour hosting us, even though she was an awful host and seriously deserves to lose her ranch. Bianca tries to be civil but no apologies from her for allowing her son in law to be treated like crap until his wedding day. Seems like all Walkers have a habit of expecting civility from others while giving none.

• Bianca asks us to keep in touch and I'm pretty sure a huge chunk of the fandom said "no way in Yeehaw Hell".

• Liam continues to be mysterious with regards to what Olivia is up to, and Esther - who I HC'd as inquisitive - seems not to care enough to ask more.

• The LI tells us, as we leave, that Kiara, Penelope and Madeleine will be traveling in the jet with us, and it's up to us to decide how we break the news to them. If you own corgis, that features as an option. Two of the options (writing on a cake and announcement by corgi) come with a simple "Coming Soon...The Royal Heir", but the charade one is my favourite 🤭

• Penelope is that particular Drake/Walker Ranch stan who loved the time we spent at the ranch and Kiara is the rest of the fandom, who would much rather be in Cordonia than cooling her heels in Texas.

•

AAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA.

The MC then tries another charade, one that resembles cradling a baby in her arms, which Kiara takes to mean "American football" (thank God they don't force Cordonians to call it "soccer" anymore), Madeleine takes to mean "a common pirate jig" and Penelope somehow gets the guess right (though Kiara is the one who straight-out says it).

• The ladies are ecstatic, and congratulate us. Penelope calls for drinks, but Kiara has the common sense to add that the drinks should be alcohol-free. Madeleine informs us of the events lined up for us, including the Apple Ball which will doubtless be the ball we will be attending in the finale.

•

There's a small private moment where the LIs dote over the MC more than necessary, wanting to pamper her and keep her in comfort. The MC calms them down, convinces them that they have a very good support system/are a great team together who can achieve anything.

• Mara still finds out about the pregnancy via Maxwell scouring the online shops for corgi-themed onesies even when he is the father. Which makes sense. It's still Good Dad Mode 😁

• In the tiny space of time it took between Madeleine finding out we were pregnant and us talking to people, she managed to schedule a conference for the same day! At least let us confirm the pregnancy with our docs???

• Plus, announcing this early, even if you're not royalty, is pretty risky. You're mostly advised to not disclose it too soon because the first trimester can be a little risky. And there are also cases where your first ultrasound turns out to not be that happy moment where you see that yolk sac and hear its heartbeat, or an ectopic pregnancy 😔. I recall reading about it on pregnancy forums before my first ultrasound (and stressing, but I had to be prepared) and not being satisfied until I confirmed it for myself.

• The writers and the readers know she'll be pregnant because that is what the story is, but perhaps if the team hadn't wasted so much time on the Walker Ranch, they'd at least not have to hurry like this.

• Actually...no. "Hurrying" would be the wrong word. Because they're going to stretch the press conference itself to like two chapters, it seems like. Basically they will spend time on everything that isn't important to the story as long as it's important to their pet character.

• The summary of Chapter 15 (CHAPTER FUCKING FIFTEEN. We're stuck at the beginning of all this even by CHAPTER FIFTEEN) speaks of the press conference heating up, so I'm having an inkling that there will be some pretty heavy stuff being asked in between? Maybe with regards to alliances, or a new scandal, or something else. But it's not going to be easy at all, that much is pretty clear. It's going to be frustrating and there's going to be stuff that will anger the LIs I think. I could be wrong, though.

• Overall this chapter does better in terms of variations even though they still do beef up Drake quite a bit over the others. But at least Liam, Hana and Maxwell get the rare opportunity to briefly address the mistakes (too small a word for what they've done) their parents have made. It's still not enough though. Esp considering the last 9 chapters have seen such an overall of Walker history and Drake's memories and the others have barely a handful of chapters to catch up.

• Sometimes I wonder if Olivia's independent investigation is also fueled by her desire to be so different from her parents and aunt as to wipe out the memory of their betrayal through her deeds. I do wonder if she will burn herself out completely in the process. She is made of sterner stuff than that, I know, but the determination she was showing in this scene and in the last few chapters was on another level.

• I wonder if we will get intel on Monterisso as well (I don't fully trust Amalas yet), or whether the narrative plans to establish this country as the underdog we will be supporting. Who knows. But I'm sure we will see more of that country in further chapters as well.

• That's it for this chapter, I think. Until the next one!

#long post #trh quick thoughts #trh qts #king liam #hana lee #maxwell beaumont #olivia nevrakis #drake walker #trr kiara #trr penelope #trr madeleine #the royal heir

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nuts-cracker-pn · 5 years ago

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Expensive fic is heeeere

Yes that fic about expensive twink Yibo and suga daddy Zhan-ge

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note : (1 - as an endearment TángXing ( just made it up) instead of the real name FanXing / táng means: sweetie, sweet, sugar, candy / xīng means : star, particule, small amount ( very fitting for him lol)

YiBo is fussing and sulking since he came back from his dance practice.

“Hey, where is my Prada shirt?”

4:45 pm in his Rolex. P-guy sent the message an hour ago and he has to speed up to make it in time “before sunset”. He wanted to take advantage of the venue to take some photos apparently.

“How the hell would I know? It’s not my style anyway. Ask FanXing.”

WenHan,one of his roommates, is focused in his gameplay on his laptop, but raises his eyes with significance at the last sentence. This guy is 25, majoring in Architecture, but somehow ended in the sophomore year with YiBo, both sharing classrooms in some subjects, and the liking for dance, which they practice with other 3 students of the academy, which provides that monthly extra money fashionista YiBo needs so much.

YiBo stays there for few seconds, looking at ‘the important thing’ in the screen that WenHan said he had to do today so he couldn’t go to dance practice with him, until the other looks up again. ‘What?”

Now he can send him a brow an inch high.

“Oh please, as if you don’t know how he looks at y-”

“No time for jealousy now.” YiBo’s words linger when he sprints to the bathroom, closing the door just in time to block the sneaker flying to his head. It hits as loud as the “You wish, fucker!” screech. Thankfully he made sure to bring the little bag in hand with the hammam oil he bought in his way back.

Fifteen minutes later he’s out drying his hair with a towel. Heading to his closet he notices FanXing, the other roommate, who stops his talk beside WenHan’s desk, the chair turning around.

“Did you wash everything thoroughly, honey?”

The olders have acquired this disrespectful joke-flirting state in just one year living together, which occasionally makes YiBo thinks about the cause.

Not paying a glance, he starts to rummage through the opened doors of his closet. “No time to show you now.”

He stops his search with his hands in his waist and a tsk!, making his way then in Fanxing’s direction. Leaning an arm on Wenhan’s chair he stands in front of the boy, closer than the comfort zone says.

“Táng Xiiing.” (1

The cute boy came in fresh this September also to the Architecture department, and took the 3rd bed, vacant after last graduated roommate left. ‘Wen-ge’ took him under his wing but he seems intimidated around the tallest guy.

“Have you seen my Prada shirt ?”

WenHan acknowledges the silk in the usual deep-pranky tone rolling his eyes.

“Ahh...mm, no. Sorry, Wang-ge�� The boy’s cheeks look like two painted cherries. The struggle to not look anywhere below YiBo’s eyes is painful to watch. Understandable, taking that YiBo is still a little wet and only in his undies.

“Can’t you wear anything else? Summer is over anyway.” Wenhan dries the enticing scene out. “Or do you want to impress someone?”

YiBo smirks delighted. “It’s only work, honey.” He whispers in his friend ear.

WenHan is not too fond of P-guy, YiBo knows. He walks back to his closet.

“It’s a top-rank party, he said. Besides, that shirt is comfortable to perform.” He sighs in defeat. He only has another expensive option. “Well, since the night is already fresh…”

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Yibo is absentmindedly scanning the food on the big table. He does not like to have a full tummy before performing, it’s always after when he gets really hungry, even more when he’s doing solo. The dishes look really ‘Instalike’, if only he knew what they are made of.

He takes a little cardboard plate and place the appetizer that looks less complicated on it.

He doesn’t see the written napkin holding a funny rolled appetizer beside his left hand, until the person is gone & lost in the crowd.

He looks around to check. Only he’s near the table at the moment. Me, the hungry poor kid... He grabs the funny roll thing.

‘Also bored as hell. Help me please (>=<) This roll 👇 is tasty and healthy for your diet. Please keep reading behind 👉’

Yibo looks around again, cautiously, not catching anyone ‘suspicious’. He sniffs a smirk to finally munch the entire thing in one go. It’s pretty good tho, the smoked salmon slices rolled around something guacamole like and he tastes some pineapple in it. So he grabs another with his left hand and the napkin with the right one.

‘Please enter to Talkwithstranger site / choose nickname / enter ‘Talk to Strangers’ box / Mi nickname: ‘SXG’. Keep clicking on ‘talk to another’ until you see my nick connected to you.

He was planning to call it a night after filling up his stomach -not seeing hopes for anything more... but maybe he could have some fun in this party after all.

After a variety of salties and sweets he makes his way, glass of champagne in hand, to find a spot at a corner where he still will be able to scan the room in case the ‘mystery person’ shows face.

He opens the site and follows the instructions. It’s a one-to-one random chat. Guess he needs a nick that makes easy to identify him. He has to refresh the box a few times before he sees ‘You are connected to SXG. Say Hi!’

‘Hey.’

At the opposite end of the saloon someone with waiting eagle eyes suddenly cracks up, hand over mouth. at the nickname ‘Bored Yellow Sweater’.

‘Are the checkered pants bored too? It’s a cute fit tho, to say the least….And you danced really well in it. Seems like you had fun. ^^’

‘Are you a headhunter, secret agent or someth?’

‘Oh no, just an ugly person too shy to approach. No confidence 😔.’

Yibo can’t completely hide the disappointment in his face. He tends to have high standards.

‘Thankfully I’m not that ugly, and I’m confident enough, but not to know how to approach people either.’

‘SXG’ is trying really hard to hide in the crowd not to be found out , since ‘its’ face is red of so much silent laugh.

‘I noticed 😅...anyway, yes to all of that.’

The person sends the text too quick before realizing.

‘Is that a flirt? Well this is not fair game. However, after that napkin little scene you proved that you’re clever and not as unconfident as you say.’

‘Thanks. 😏 Keep going.’

‘What are doing here? Pleasure or work?’

‘It was supposed to be more of the first but I don’t know anymore….😑’

‘So that means you’re a hard worker. Like me. We are progressing.’

‘At least you are already done and free.’

‘Maybe not.’

‘….are you going to perform again?😀’

‘Maybe not on the dance floor...’

‘ ......umm, wow lion.😅 Is the lucky person here?’

‘1-How did you guess I’m one? 2- I’ll tell you if you show yourself. 3- Are you male or female?‘

‘Find me out if you can, kid 😉’

Ahhhg.The person cringes again mentally.

‘Busted. By the excessive use of emojis I thought you were a teen but I see you are older than me. How much?’

‘Are you a student? A worker? Are you a minor?!’

‘No mom. I’m D Major.’

Yibo doesn’t realize that someone is walking onto him.

It’s a woman.

“Helloooo. Nice to meet you. My name is Qing ChunHua.”

#my fanfic #bjyx #yizhan #bozhan #wangxiao #wang yibo #xiao zhan

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Shard Sister’s Texting: The Noatak Horror (part 2)

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Alora: Sup nerd?

Elisi: Who is this?

Alora: The dumbass sister. How the hell do I get to your place of work?

Elisi: Airplane

Alora: Well, yeah, I’m landing in Anchorage soon. How do I get to you from there?

Elisi: Airplane

Elisi: Literally

Alora: Cause there’s no buses or trains that go there!

Elisi: Unless you can make magic portals

Elisi: Or find the Anchorage Trollmarket and get in a gyre

Elisi: You need to get in an airplane

Elisi: And take it to the local airstrip.

Elisi: There is literally no other way to get here. There’s no roads.

Alora: You picked the worst place to live.

Elisi: Why are you coming here?

Alora: (sends the picture of the statue from earlier)

Alora: Look familiar?

Elisi: Very. Where did you find that?

Alora: It washed up on my beach yesterday with a couple of others. Nadia said you’ve been finding a bunch more.

Elisi: I have. A lot of them since I last talked to her.

Alora: These are trolls.

Elisi: What?

Alora: It’s K-Spar. The ones I found took sunlight straight to the face and look it.

Alora: Like men looking at Medusa and screaming as they turn to stone.

Alora: Am I wrong?

Elisi: No. You’re not.

Elisi: So what warrants you coming here to investigate?

Alora: Hunch.

Elisi: Okay. I can arrange for a plane to come and get you. But you’re coming in late, so it’ll have to be tomorrow morning. Can you check into a hotel when you land?

Alora: (sighing emoji) Yeah, I can do that. Meanwhile, anything weird happening that might be considered troll activity?

Elisi: Now that you mention it, yes.

Elisi: There’s been a shortage of wildlife lately. May is when everything starts coming around, but there’s been almost nothing. Sometimes it takes a month or so for animals to show up, but combined with this and stone cadavers of very small trolls...

Elisi: What kind of trolls are they? I’ve never seen anything like them.

Alora: Me neither. Nadia is doing research of her own.

Elisi: Okay.

Elisi: Some of the locals are finding pets going missing as well.

Alora: That’s troll activity if I’ve ever heard it.

Elisi: Yeah, now that you mention it.

Alora: Anything else?

Elisi: No, nothing. Odd, we would have sniffed out any other weird trolls in this area. It’s been peaceful other than this.

Alora: Hey, I’m gonna see about that gyre. Are any of the trolls in Anchorage... from way back when?

Elisi: I think you’re okay. Most of them are reformed or retired Gumm-gumms.

Alora: OMG please tell me you’re serious!

Elisi: (pleased emoji) I’m sure they’ll let you use the gyre if you ask.

Alora: (happy dance gif)

Alora: I’ll be there tonight! I’m a steak and potatoes kind of girl!

Elisi: I’ll invite you to dinner, and I’ll let you stay the night, but that’s it.

Alora: Aw, c’mon!

Elisi: I’ll see you in the morning. If you get here by gyre tonight, you’re free to walk around the basin and see things for yourself.

Alora: Well, does the village have a hotel?

Elisi: A Motel 6

Alora: Good enough for me. Fine, I’ll see you in the morning. Lemme know if Nadia texts you with something.

Elisi: The same for you. If these things are messing with my eco system, I’m going to have to exterminate them. So, I’ll need your help if that’s the case.

Alora: No complaints here. See you tomorrow.

Elisi: Safe travels, worst sister.

Alora: WORST?!

Alora: You mean coolest.

Elisi: You’re the only Shard who’s still a war criminal.

Alora: (surprised Pikachu face)

Elisi: I jest, I still love you.

Alora: Imma punch you in the face when I see you.

Elisi: I will punch your face clean off your head

Alora: I will punch you first

Elisi: We’ll see when you get here.

Alora: Fine. Touching down in three hours. The gyre should take ten minutes. But I’ll see you in the morning reguardless.

Elisi: Safe travels, worst sister.

Alora: (one punch man gif, of Saitama punching the camera)

Alora: Seriously, see you then. Bye.

Elisi: Bye.

(Nadia is sent a video from Alora’s phone the next day.)

(The video is a selfie shot of Elisi and Alora, arms over their shoulders, Alora waving at the camera before making a fist and punching Elisi square in the nose with it. Elisi is unfazed, slowly turning to look at Alora. Alora chuckles nervously before Elisi puts the phone down and Alora mocks screaming in fear as she’s chased.)

Nadia: (texts) You two play nice!

Nadia: Nothing found about the statues yet. I’ll keep you informed.

(Nadia is sent another video from Alora’s phone.)

(The video is of a herd of caribou walking on the other side of the river.)

Alora: Elisi said the herd goes through these parts this time of year, and the park was set up exclusively so they can migrate in peace. How cool is that?

Alora: I told her this, but this would be a prime target for trolls. If the living versions of these statues are hungry, I bet this is the first thing they’d go after.

Nadia: The video is lovely. Thank you.

Nadia: And I must disagree. These new trolls are roughly the size of possums. The caribou are one hundred times their size. It wouldn’t be feasible.

Alora: (sends several pictures in rapid succession. More statues along the river bank, in various poses, some broken up and a few in tact.)

Alora: A lot of these were found were grouped together. Probably pack hunters.

Nadia: A whole caribou seems to be a stretch. But not rabbits or mink or fish.

Alora: There’s plenty of fish, though. So much!

Alora: Also!

Alora: (sends a picture of a bear salmon hunting in the distance)

Nadia: Oh! Wow!

Alora: Elisi showed me a whole family that came out of hibernation last week. Two cubs! The cutest!

Nadia: Pictures?

Alora: Maybe tomorrow. Was more focused on mystery trolls.

Nadia: And your hunch?

Alora: Well, have you found any in Arcadia?

Nadia: No. And I haven’t seen my customer today.

Alora: Okay, keep keeping us posted. Want me to send more video of wildlife? This place is actually really nice.

Alora: Super remote. Clean, clear water. Lots of greenery now that the snow’s all melted.

Alora: It’s perfect for trolls.

Nadia: It does sound nice. Sure. If you find something worth taking a video of, I’d love to see.

Alora: Cool.

(Nadia to Elisi)

Nadia: Hi, good time?

Elisi: Sure. Find anything?

Nadia: No, I haven’t found anything.

Nadia: I’ve scoured through all of Heartstone Trollmarket’s libraries, resources and talked to everyone I can think of. No one’s heard of this kind of troll.

Nadia: Though, it might help if I tried to take the paint off this statue, but he worked so hard on it!

Elisi: Hmm... maybe if we went more local. The market in Anchorage might have something. Alora and I are going at sundown.

Elisi: There’s no way no one’s heard of these frograts before.

Nadia: !!!

Nadia: Did Alora tell you that name?

Elisi: Yeah, and it’s growing on me.

Elisi: Frograt.

Nadia: No!

Elisi: (laughing while crying emoji) I like the name, alright?!

Nadia: Ugh!

Elisi: Anyway, thanks for the update.

Nadia: Let me know if anything happens.

(Nadia is sent a video from Alora’s phone)

(They’re in a gyre tunnel, the gyre is knocked off it’s track to one side. Alora is pointing the camera on the phone down by her feet. There’s several dozen of the live trolls gathered around her, squeaking and shrieking in hunger. They all are covered in white, fuzzy fur that’s starting to turn brown, their rather small eyes give off eye shine as they look up at the phone, all are scurrying around like kittens pestering for a treat, when their mouths open there’s rows and rows of small teeth. Also in the frame is one of Elisi’s limp arms; Alora is carrying her unconscious sister on her back with one hand while filming with the other.)

Alora: Well, sis, there’s good news and bad news. First, good news. (points the camera down at the small trolls swarming around her and trying to climb up her leg) Here’s what the live ones look like. And sound like. I’d show you what they bite like, but I’ve got my hands full. And there’s... (she points the camera further down the tunnel, where there’s so much more eyeshine staring back at her) ...there’s probably hundreds of them down here. So.... there’s your references.

(There’s a loud screech just down the tunnel that lowers into a roar, but it’s so dark that the camera doesn’t pick it up. Alora starts walking backward. She can’t do anything about this situation with Elisi out for the count.)

Alora: And here comes the bad news... so I need to get out of here. So, um... I think these are all babies... (something starts to claw into view, bringing with it two large shining blue eyes and a low growl) ...and that’s mama. Hold on, I gotta send this...

(The video stops, but was successfully sent.)

(Nadia to Alora)

Nadia: ALORA!

Nadia: ALORA, PLEASE TELL ME YOU’RE OKAY!

Nadia: ALORA! PLEASE ANSWER!

(She tries calling the phone but it goes to voice mail)

#prose #Shard Sisters #The Noatak Horror

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January in Review // I Cried, Laughed, Ate Pasta, Celebrated My Birthday & Completed TWO Read-A-Thons/Challenges

January was…A lot.

This past month has been crazy, to say the least. A lot of highs and a lot of lows but I’m getting through it so that’s something!

January contained so much in such a short time that I still can’t believe it’s over!

January’s TBR

Guys, I completed not one, but two read-a-thon/challenges this month! For someone who hasn’t participated in any before I count that as a double win!

I participated in the Late-A-Thon hosted by Destiny @ Howling Libraries and JanJamJar from the Devour Your TBR Goodreads group!

I was able to combine them both by using a TBR jar with the ARCs I wanted to catch up on in it.

So the books I put in my January TBR are all the books I put in the Jar.

I didn’t get all of them but I didn’t expect to.

│The Good Son│

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│My Name is Victoria│

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│Skylarks│

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│Anger is a Gift│

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│The Unbinding of Mary Reade│

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│Rad Girls Can│

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│The Boneless Mercies│

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│What If It’s Us│

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│Girls of Paper and Fire│

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Read

Emoji order – format-representation-challenges/readathons-reading status.

The TBR Jar really worked in my favour! And it was great catching up on so many ARCS!

Each book I pulled out came at the right time and I think I might continue with the Jar until I’ve caught up on the ARC’s I have left from 2018.

│The Unbinding of Mary Reade│

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│★★│Read Jan 8│

This one was fairly disappointing. I wanted a whole lot more than it had to give.

│My Name is Victoria│Lucy Worsley│

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│★★★│Read Jan 11│

I actually really liked the twist in this but god damn was most of it boring.

│The Good Son│You-Jeong Jeong│

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│★★★│Read Jan 25│

I—this just wasn’t great and it mostly just made me angry.

│Unbroken│Marieke Nijkamp│

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I nearly finished this before the month was up but not quite.

│The Boneless Mercies│April Genevieve Tucholke│

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This has been decent enough so far but I’m waiting for more.

Book of the Month

│Girls of Paper and Fire│Girls of Paper and Fire #1│Natasha Ngan│

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│★★★★│Read Jan 21│

I loved it! It was so engaging for the most part!

│January Completed│ARC: 4│Owned: 0│Library Loans: 0│Reread: 0│Diversity: 4│Average Rating: 3★’s│

Haul

│Vengeful│Villains│VE Schwab│

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Nearly didn’t get this one because I accidentally sent it to the wrong address but I visited my neighbour and I got it!

This was a late Christmas present to myself!

│P.S. I Still Love You│To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before│Jenny Han│

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│Always and Forever, Lara Jean│To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before│Jenny Han│

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These were birthday presents to myself!

Past Grey Reads

Book Review // Girl Made of Stars – I Am Broken

Book Review // Everything Leads To You – A Quite Love Story

Book Review // The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – What Do You Mean She’s Not a Real Person???

Film & TV

I’ve really not watched much at all because I just don’t have time! Or money!

I decided that the season 1 watch I did of Charmed was enough to give me the hit of nostalgia that I needed so I won’t be continuing it again anytime soon! I do want to get around to watching the remake soon though!

January’s TBW

│Mary Queen of Scots│

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│How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World│

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│Ralph Breaks the Internet│

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│Charmed│

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Watched

│Mary Queen of Scots│

│2018│

Josie Rourke│

Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden│★★★★★│ Fave Part: Literally all of it, it was so well done. And I loved that they portrayed Mary and Elizabeth as two women pitted against each other by the men around them.

I won tickets to see this at my local cinema so me and mum went and it was fucking brilliant!

│Hannibal│Season 2│

│2013│

Bryan Fuller│

Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas│★★★★│ Fave Part: The fact it’s gotten more and more homoerotic.

I watched the same four episodes about four times each because I needed a fucking break but was being stubborn.

Also, my coworker had time to rewatch every episode in the time it took me to watch those four properly. She has work AND Uni. I have no idea how she has time to do it???

│Drag Race All Stars│Season 4│

│2012│

RuPaul│

RuPaul, Michelle Visage│★★★★│ Fave One-liner This Season: “Yeah, well some of us don’t have to force story-lines to get air time” -Farrah Moan.

Valentina has continued to live her full telenovela fantasy and it’s entertaining as fuck.

The judges need to stop sleeping on Naomi because the bitch is turning it out and they’re refusing to take notice… Except for maybe last week….But we don’t talk about that.

Manila is killing it as always and the period gown that she couldn’t wear on the show??? Iconic.

Also, I’m very excited to see Season 11!!!! So many queens that I’m looking forward to seeing!

│Jessica Jones│Season 1│

│2015│

Melissa Rosenberg│

Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville│★★★★│ Fave character: Jessica obvs

I am struggling but only because the only time I have time to watch is when I’m fucking tired and ready for sleep. I’ll get there.

│Dumplin’│

│2018│

Anne Fletcher│

Danielle Macdonald, Jennifer Aniston, Odeya Rush│★★★★★│ Fave part: The fact Bo didn’t like Will despite her being fat, he thought she was beautiful as is.

This so easily could have been terrible and you literally just have to look to last year to see just how easy it would have been but this was so good and special and respectful and I cried so much while watching it and fucking Ginger Minj was everything and this is everything I wanted Sierra Burgess is a Loser to be and I’m so glad I finally got it.

Also, I have a huge crush on Bex Taylor-Klaus. So there’s that.

│Derry Girls│Season 1│

│2017│

Lisa McGee│

Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan│★★★★│ Fave character: Orla

This show is so fucking funny. I was struggling not to laugh out loud while my mum was giving someone a massage.

│The Haunting of Hill House│Season 1│

│2018│

Mike Flanagan│

Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas│★★★★★│ Fave sibling: Theo

This show is brilliant like everyone talked about how good it was but I just didn’t have time and then I put it on one night and didn’t pay any attention to it at all. And then I put it on when I had a self-imposed mental health day and mum watched it with me and it was the best decision I’ve made in 2019 so far, to be honest.

I binged watched it in just three days which is huge for me because I haven’t been able to binge watch anything that isn’t just short 20 minute episodes in short season in months.

Oh, and I want Theo to top me.

Youtube

I would say I need to stop watching YouTube because I watch so fucking much of it but I watch it while I’m doing other things like eating, doing housework, cooking and blogging. It’s the only way I can watch it without feeling guilty.

│VH1│Meet the Queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11│The Pit Stop: LaLaPaRUza w/ Katya│The Pit Stop: Jersey Justice ft. Kim Chi│

I am so ready for the new season!!!

Also, I love anything Katya and Trixie do.

And look at Kim Chi’s look, I die.

│Miz Cracker│Review With A Jew│

Review With A Jew has gotten PROFESSIONAL now and I just love Miz Cracker.

│Ladylike│Hot Takes—Jen Reveals Her Unpopular Opinion & Devin Reveals Her Unpopular Opinion│Kristen Goes to Montreal With No Clothes│

I am loving these hot takes because they’re just fun to watch and see the other ladies react as well!

I think the whole trip with no clothes challenge is a brilliant idea!!!

│Lily Marston│My Friends & I Read Your Assumptions About Me│15 Tools That Help My Neck & Back Pain│

I think the assumptions video trend is actually really a good idea because it allows creators to share a little bit more of themselves!

if you have chronic pain you’re gonna want to check out Lily’s video on the tools she uses to get relief!

│Buzzfeed Video│Mom In Progress—We Tried the 7-Day Vegan Challenge│

So in this video, they eat vegan cream cheese on toast with raspberries and it looked so delicious that I wanted to try it with other toppings. So now mum and I are obsessed with cream cheese and pepper smoked salmon on toast and I can’t stop.

Other toppings I’ve tried are;

Mango and raspberry jam (because raspberries are pricey)

Salami

Tomatoes (with salt and loads of pepper)

Shaved chicken (with salt and loads of pepper)

And next to try is peaches!

│Liza Koshy Too│The videos I never uploaded… until now│Why I took a break│

I love Liza and I love that she’s easing herself back into making videos again and so far I’ve loved them both!

│Chris Klemens│Telling Each Other What to Say to Strangers: Carly and Erin│

You need to watch this just to see Carly speak gibberish which honestly sounds like Simish and really did sound almost like another legit language.

│Sorted Food│Pass It On│

I will never not love this series. It’s YouTube whispers but cooking a meal.

│ElleOfTheMills│My Weight Loss│

I love anytime some talks openly about mental health and Elle is really delivering lately!

Music

I’ve honestly barely listened to any music this month let alone any new music.

│Camila Cabello│Something’s Gotta Give│Inside Out│In the Dark│

│Madison Beer│Dead│

│The Greatest Showman Reimagined│Never Enough (Kelly Clarkson)│This Is Me (Kesha)│Rewrite the Stars (James Arthur & Anne-Marie)│

Podcasts

│Race Chaser│

Alaska Thunderfuck & Willam Belli│★★★★★│

│Sibling Rivalry│

Bob The Drag Queen & Monet X Change│★★★★★│

│What The Tuck│

Nicole Byers & Joel Kim Booster│★★★★★│

I don’t know how to not become obsessed with things and apparently, that means listening to all the podcasts to get the backstage Tea on All-Stars 4.

Past Grey Watches

Grey Watches // I Wanna Bone Jude Law and Kate Winslet – The Holiday

Grey Watches // It Has To Be A Shit Show – A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding

Grey Watches // I Hate It So Much I Love It – A Christmas Prince

Blogosphere Highlights

│Krystin @ Here’s The Fucking Twist│ Top Ten: Mystery and Thriller Releases for Q1 2019!│

│Destiny @ Howling Libraries│BEST OF 2018: CONTEMPORARY!│

│Elise @ The Bookish Actress│ANOTHER 2018 FAVE, FINALLY REVIEWED! SAWKILL GIRLS BY CLAIRE LEGRAND│

│May @ Forever And Everly│My Most Anticipated YA Books Releasing January through July ft. a Lot of Asian Fantasies and Diverse Books in General!│

│Ellyn @Allonsythornraxxbooks│ HOW TO GET ON TOP OF YOUR NETGALLEY FEEDBACK RATIO│

│Silvia @Silvia Reads Books│All I Learned About Audiobooks: A Guide│

│Avery @Red Rocket Panda│HOW TO HYPE YOUR FAVOURITE READS│

│Abbiee @Abbiee│WRITING TIPS Transform a Messy Story Idea Into a Strong Outline (in 3 simple steps!)│

│Ilsa @A Whisper of Ink│How the HECK does one receive a physical ARC because I want one?! (I hear your cries and answer all your questions) Welcome to How To Request + Recieve ARCs│

│Simone @Simone and Her Books│My Review Process and Why I Write Reviews│

│Swetlana @The Caffeinated Bookworm Life│16 Blog Post Ideas To Help You Get Through (AT LEAST) A Month Of Blogging│

│Melanie @Mel To The Any│The Top 12 Books I Must Read in 2019│

Past Month In Review

Month in Review // Christmas is Over Thank Fuck – December

Month in Review // November – I Already Hate Christmas

Month in Review // July, August, September & October – New Post Series!

January’s Goals

Increase my walk time and maybe go for walks 6 days a week?

Start doing some floor exercises like crunches.

I need an exercise ball which I have but I don’t know where the pump is and I keep forgetting to ask mum where it is.

Read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Work out my new blogging schedule

Start working on my WIP

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH

Fucking relax a bit

Maybe finish editing all my past posts???

A Month of Mayhem

I spent my birthday out!!! My mum took me to get my hair cut, we did some shopping, she gave me a massage and some Reiki which I needed!!! And then we went to Fasta Pasta for dinner and it was delicious!!! Oh and I even took photos with mum and didn’t feel gross and have a new selfie I took with snapchat with the fox filter and I think it’s v cute!!!

The last few years I’ve always gotten books as presents for my birthday but mum told me I had too many unread books so I had to choose something else…So I chose things for my reading! Because of course.

I got a pair of noise-cancelling headphones so that I can continue to read or blog or write uninterrupted instead of getting distracted every time mum’s massage clients come and go. Except mum keeps forgetting to check if I have them on before she goes to have a full conversation with me. So when I realise she’s doing it I just turn and look at her and she notices the headphones. I’ve taken to moving one of the earphones off my ear when I notice she’s in the living room but I don’t always notice.

My mum also got me my first book sleeve from Etsy! I spent hours finding one I wanted that wasn’t super expensive but good quality! It’s spacey and I love it. It’s great timing since I’m going to be reading more of my owned physical books this year and I don’t want them to get damaged by the three drink bottles in my bag for work YES THREE!!! and two are 1-litre ones and my bag is heavy. I HAVE MY REASONS!!!

I also bought myself far too many animated movies, some books, a curler, some hair products so I can use the curler I have still not used any of it yet shhhh, and a fitbit!!!!

I mean the fitbit was definitely the most needed one for sure because now I can actually track how many steps I’m doing a day and I’ve been doing pretty good! I’m hitting 8000 steps most days and even hit my first 10000 steps on the 16th which was exciting!

I went and did my tax finally and now my tax debt thanks work for not taking the correct amount of tax out for several years! is down to a very manageable amount! So that’s a relief!

My sister brought my nephews around for a visit and nephew 3 nearly got bit by a spider but nephew 2 saved the day! Other than that the visit was good! I love them so much and Nephew 3 is starting to walk!!!

My mum treated me to get my nails done professionally for the first time ever and I love them. My nails look like bullets.

I discovered where I could buy cheap hazelnut syrup for my coffee and then when I went to buy it saw they also have dark chocolate syrup as well so basically I’m just drinking liquid Nutella.

And I have officially been on this blog for a year!!! I’m so thankful for this community and even just this blog being a lifeline and a thing to focus my attention on when things have been shit in my personal life. I’m so glad I can call myself a part of this community and I look forward to many more years being a part of it!

I lost my bank card while doing my food shopping which was not great and very inconvenient since a lot of the parking I pay for work is cheaper booking online! But whatever.

I had a few emotional moments throughout the month but it was mostly just me having a little cry and then moving on.

I visited my other sister which kind of didn’t go great, to begin with. There was a whole thing, I had an anxiety attack and suffered a bout of paranoia and cried a lot but it all worked out in the end.

Once I calmed down we went to get my phone upgraded (this was already the plan) because I am anxious, my mum is busy, and my sister knows a guy that works there so I got well looked after! But then I had to go back another day because they didn’t have the phone that I wanted in stock.

We came back to her house and played Overcooked on the PlayStation which is always fun for us and I was in much better spirits when I left!

Until the next day when I was a mess again.

Look, I’m really great at handling big life-changing things as they’re happening. It’s a trait I inherited from my mum. The whole world as we know it could end and it wouldn’t look like I even knew something had changed.

It’s like my brain will just put the BIG THING in a box and shove it under a few things until I’ve gotten through it and then it’ll bring it out and say “Remember this BIG THING??? Yeah, now you gotta process it. Have fun.” Which is great until there are several BIG THINGS waiting to be processed and then I get hit with them all at once, which happens most of the time.

So then I break down over seemingly small shit. Its very clearly SO MUCH FUN!!!

So basically I spent that whole day crying and anxious and paranoid and had to call my mum to help calm me down and then my new phone was ready to be picked up and I didn’t want to bother my sister to go with me and I knew I needed to do something on my own to prove to myself I’m not totally useless so I went and picked up my phone by myself! Thankfully the hard part was over I am an absolute pushover and will be talked into buying anything even if I don’t want it so I just had to go in, they transferred my stuff over to the new phone and I was done!

It went well, despite the fact that the guy was having difficulty transferring my stuff over but I think he was a little unnerved by how quiet I am in person and especially with people I don’t really know, and I hate being THAT customer so I tend to just sit patiently and try and get my brain to shut up.

He kept commenting on how quiet and patient I was and trying to get me to talk but I hate small talk because I never know what to say. When we were finished he said he hopes I’ll become a regular customer and if I have any problems to come in and he’ll help me out!

I also made an appointment that day to get my mental health plan done so I can go back to seeing my therapist which, clearly, I super need!!!

Oh, and I also even mentioned to someone I know from my last workplace that I’ve been wanting to learn how to play d&d but didn’t have anyone to teach me and she said that if a spot opened up on a campaign she’d let me know!!!!

At the end of the month, I took a mental health day with my mum. We stayed home all day and did the bare minimum and it was so good! I sat and watched the Derry Girls and then mum and I watched half of The Haunting of Hill House and we talked about what anxiety and depression and paranoia sound like in our head and talked a lot about mental health and it was just really lovely even though it was emotional and I cried.

I know it kind of sounds like this month was a bit of a downer but overall it really wasn’t and it also didn’t feel like that. For the most part, I was happy and motivated and got a good amount of reading done and was productive! I even cleaned out my car!

Sometimes it’s easy for me to focus on just the negatives but I have to remind myself that even though I had some downer moments I am nowhere near as consistently down as I was just a few months ago and that’s progress! I just have to keep focusing on my health, both physical and mental and talking to my mum when I’m sad and talking through my feelings. I say that like it’s the easiest thing in the world when I am in fact Queen Of Not Reaching Out.

Past Month Ahead

Month Ahead // Happy Birthday To Me + Hiatus Announcement – January

Month Ahead // December – I Already Hate It

Month Ahead // November – New Post Series

January is done and dusted, bring on February!

What did you do this month? What did you read? What did you watch? What posts did you write that you’re super proud of?

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